Ahh...Christmas Music
I have a confession to make: I used to hate Christmas music. Shocking, maybe even sacrilegious, I know, but I did. My wife would try to play the stuff before Thanksgiving and I'd shut that down faster than... well you get the idea. Once the Christmas season started I would avoid those all Christmas music all the time radio stations like they're the plague.
I started thinking about why I hate the music so much, and I came to some realizations.
I started thinking about why I hate the music so much, and I came to some realizations.
- All my Christmas music and most of what I was listening to has been the same music since Home Alone 1.
- I thought all Christmas albums were unimaginative covers of Christmas songs that were written last century.
- Everything sounded the same after a while.
This year, I decided to branch out, thanks mostly to
Relevant Magazine, who continues to introduce me to new music. All of sudden, I started to hear songs and remixes of songs I'd never heard before. I started looking forward to Christmas music.
So what have I done? I downloaded some free albums from
lifechurch.tv and Relevant. (the relevant album is only to subscribers.) You can download those albums
here and
here. I also started listening to different radio stations on
Pandora and
Relevant.fm.
Now I am a Christmas music lover, and I may (gasp) actually buy a Christmas album for next year.
What's your favorite Christmas song? Were you once a Christmas music hater?
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