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some suggested christmas music reforms

and a merry christmas to you too

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Dec 25, 2023
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I never really understood why people said they hated Christmas music. I loved Christmas music. Then eventually I realized that when I said “Christmas music” and when other people said it, we were largely not talking about the same music. I was talking about choral Christmas carols. They were talking about soggy pop covers of songs from the 1930s.

So here are some suggestions I have for next year, to improve the Christmas music brand.

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