As a kid, you hear a Christmas song, you may start to sing along with it. As you get older, you don’t think much of it. Then, when you find yourself in retail, where they got Holiday music (which, unfortunately in the US it’s just Christmas music) playing non-stop, you want to shoot yourself. From a thousand different versions of “Jingle Bells,” to just plain hearing the same ones constantly everyday (and really annoying versions of “12 Days of Christmas”).
Most issues with it are also because you got pop stars re-covering the same damn songs over and over, and in 95% of the cases, it sounds the same. Very few artists write an original tune. Probably the only songs I like would be the South Park ones, including the Hanukkah related ones as well and, of course, “Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo”.
But another reason I personally don’t like it, I don’t care too much for Christmas itself. The commercialized holiday is nothing more than a business boom to retailers. It brings in this idea that people are gonna be more giving, and even if they are, shouldn’t people just be nice all the time?
But, back to the songs. They are just annoying, and I know I’m not the only one who thinks so.
You know more studios should do these things more often. With the age of the Internet, just having episodes over the airwaves just isn’t enough anymore. The folks over at FOX TV have made a little video, narrated by John Noble (Walter Bishop on Fringe), that recaps the season so far so that while it (just like every other TV show) is off on a Winter hiatus, people won’t forget it.
BTW, I just think this is awesome, especially with the ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas narration style.
…to those of us who have to work (and I only wish to those who like me have to work, since the rest of you aren’t gonna be working, you’ll already happy (unless you actually like your job)). I don’t work at a hospital, police station, broadcast station, movie theaters, fire stations (let’s just sum it all up to emergency services), behind the scenes of any parades, football games, or a grocery store (yep, a lot of those are open on Thanksgiving, since American tend to be quite the procrastinators). No, I work in retail, yeah, retail. Bad enough we have Black Friday a day after, now I got to work on a Holiday. Yeppie! I was told time and a half, and I’m holding that to them. Now, I don’t care too much for family gatherings (kind of hate them), but I would love to be able to watch more of my Real Ghostbusters complete series I got from Time Life. So worth the nearly $200 (including shipping) to have 25 DVDs of this awesome cartoon series based on one of the most awesome movies ever made.
