So the dining hall at school played Christmas music non-stop for the last few weeks of the semester.
I get that we live in a Christian society, and I really don't mind. Allow me the freedom to light my Hannukah candles in peace, and we're good to go. But I remember repeating to a friend (I think it was a Jewish friend; I hope it wasn't a Christian friend), "If I hear 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer one more time, I'm going to punch something, preferably Rudolph."
You see, my problem wasn't with Christmas, or even Christmas music in public settings such as dining halls. My problem was that for every three to four times I heard "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (and that's just that particular song!) I heard something like "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" maybe once. Maybe.
Again, we live in a Christian society. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and is a religious holiday. In my opinion (and this is the opinion of someone who is thoroughly Jewish, so maybe it doesn't count for much), if you're going to play Christmas music, please, please play the religious songs that have meaning and depth.
I am so over "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," but if you surprised me with "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," or something similar (sorry don't know all the carols), I could be happy.
Please play your religious songs.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
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I wholeheartedly agree! I am Christian and there are so many beautiful Christmas carols that are rich and full of meaning... there are also many secular songs that seem now to get played over the "real" Christmas carols. I think that it is hard to say that we are living in a Christian society, I think it is more fair to say we are living in a POST-Christian society where the values of Christians are becoming ridiculed and replaced with individualism and consumerism... hence the secular Christmas songs.
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