Well, we are past Thanksgiving and are quickly headed into the first week of Advent. Here in the Washington DC area, we have 2 radio stations that are playing all Christmas music, all the time, and other stations are adding Christmas music into their playlists.
Christmas Music
When you listen to Christmas music there are generally 2 types of songs,
- The ones that talk about the birth of Jesus ( Silent Night, O Come Emmanuel, Joy To The World …)
- The ones that talk about winter ( Jingle Bells, Sleigh Ride, Frosty The Snowman ….)
- OK, How can I forget the infamous Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
My Disconnect
Maybe I am experiencing a disconnect because I live in the Washington DC area and we hardly get any snow here. If we do, it is usually in January or February and when I sing to myself about going on a Sleigh ride with you, ( yes, I sing to myself so I don’t create an avalanche, or noise pollution, or whatever you want to call it.. LOL!) The point is, by Christmas, most of the lower United States has not seen snow yet this season, but yet we hear about snow, snow snow.. maybe it has to do with the first day of winter falling during the Christmas season.
My Belief
My belief as a Christian is that this is a time to celebrate. Celebrate the birth of the coming Saviour and the eternal gift he brings us all. This year has gone by so fast, we should take time to Celebrate all that we have accomplished and all of our thoughts and dreams for the coming year. Celebrate the coming of winter, and in February, the Winter Olympics.
In the end, I still don’t understand what going on a Sleigh Ride with Jingle Bells has to do with the birth of the coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Can you explain it to me? What do you think?
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Interesting question Charley.
I grew up in a non religious home. Christmas was never about the birth of our Lord, our Savior, Jesus Christ. It was about time spent with family and friends. If you take it at that perspective, the songs would not be about Jesus and His birth. Even if a song played that was about Jesus you never truly took it as that.
As much as we as followers of Christ wish that the world see Christmas as we do, they do not and will not see it as we do. They see it as a commercial holiday. A day spent giving and receiving gifts.
There have been at least two radio stations since the beginning of November that have been playing Christmas music. I try not to listen those station. I do not mind the occasional Christmas song right now. The closer it gets to Christmas the more I will want to listen to it. For every song that is about our Lord Jesus Christ I will listen to a Rudolf or Santa song. Helps me to remember the fun times as a child.
Then again,I could be way off on this Charley.