Creepy Christmas music

I'm going to say it. Christmas music can be very creepy! I am not one of those people who switches on the holiday tunes as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey is cold. I don't mind a song here or there, but listening incessantly to old jolly music is not my thing.

Many older Christmas songs are eerie. When the crooners start belting out their favorites, I search for ear plugs. Perhaps it stems from unhappy memories of car rides on Christmas day after all the fun was over, or music mysteriously emanating from far off places. Seriously, when I worked the third shift someone forgot to turn their music off in their dark and dank basement office. The result was Patsy Cline singing some sad Christmas song and me too creeped out to try to find the source of the music.

Perhaps I also don't like the music because I see it as disingenuous. Am I really supposed to believe that everyone is that excited about Christmas and covering the same old songs? There are likely many recording artists who don't feel as deeply about the holiday as they portray in their rendition of "All I Want for Christmas." For this reason, my favorite Christmas songs (if I have to pick) are "So This is Christmas," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Not classic songs, but they're certainly fun and I don't feel like a hypocrite for listening to them.

"So This is Christmas" really exemplifies how I feel about all the fake joy around the holiday. It is sad that so many people get excited about the materialistic aspects of the holiday. They celebrate putting up Christmas decorations, baking cookies, going gift shopping, and of course receiving gifts from others. I don't think that is what any holiday should be about. Spending large amounts of money and partaking in consumerism shouldn't have to be a part of any holiday.