It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
Categories : Christianity, Personal, music |
Every year Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier, and although I still don’t like seeing Christmas stuff in the shops in October or even September, sooner or later I just have to give in and decide to run with it.
And it’s at this point that I rummage around my hard drive for all my Christmas MP3s. For some people it’s putting up the tree, for others it’s lights on the house or a wreath on the door – for me it’s copying my Christmas songs into iTunes that marks the beginning of the festive season. Copied off CDs or downloaded from the net, I have accumulated a lot of Christmas music over the years – I’m now over 1,500 songs. I’ve got all sorts, from Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis (of course), through to Christina Aguleira and even David Hasselhoff! Christmas is the one time of year where kitsch is in, and no style of music is off limits – even Neil Diamond sounds cool when he’s doing a Christmas carol. This year I’ve been into country music all year, and so I’m working on finding a few more country Christmas songs for my collection.
All this was triggered off by music practice last night where we started to get organised for our upcoming carols concert in December. Once again, I’m not really a big fan of old hymns in church, but I’ll make an exception for Christmas carols. It was great grabbing an acoustic guitar and having a bit of a sing-along last night – even let the country influence creep in there too 
It’s a great time of year…
