JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for January 07, 2012

Make it stop, already!

Marcy has a point. We’ve been brainwashed to believe that any song about snow is a Christmas song. Even though most of the world doesn’t get snow for Christmas. And, despite sentimental notions, December 25th is not in the middle of Winter- the season has barely begun. Yet, automatically, her co-worker calls them Christmas music.

Good thing she doesn’t play songs like “Jingle Bells”,“Deck the Halls”, and “Let it Snow”! They’re not about Christmas either. The last holiday related day was yesterday, when it was Orthodox Catholic Christmas/Three Kings day. Many people (like me) still associate these tunes with Christmas even though we didn’t get any accumulated snow at all this year yet.

This dude in Italy was sued by his neighbors because of the Christmas music, he played all year long.

not so far this winter in Philly…i want snow already…

I think Jingle Bells was written for Thanksgiving. Carols are more connected to the religious holidays. (When is the “Feast of Steven,” anyway?) Winter songs are just Winter songs.

Good King Saurkraut, look out on your feets uneven, while the snoo lay round about, all kerchew achievin’" Walt Kelly, Pogo

What’s snoo? Nothing much, what’s snoo with you? also Walt.

haha, by then Marcy would be sick of it too!

It’s bad enough that nurses ignore you and answer the phone when you’re standing right there, and then they wanna play music? The nerve!

This is a DATE RAPE song. “NO” MEANS “NO”!

“Hey, what’s in this drink?”“At least I can say that I tried.”