I guess holiday music works

[Howard Glazer]

----- Original Message -----
From: SteveOrdinetz <hykker@wildblue.net>
To: Boston Radio Interest <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: I guess holiday music works


> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Bill O'Neill <billohno@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  Christmas or Holiday Music as it is represented today during the
> >> Christmas season on radio has more to do with accepted cultural or
seasonal
> >> traditions and really has little or nothing to do with the traditional
> >> Christmas/Christian message or how Christians may celebrate the season.
> >
> >
> Indeed.  Compare how often you hear "Sleigh Ride", "Jingle Bell Rock" or
the
> ever-popular "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" vs "O Little Town Of
> Bethlehem".
> I've never quite understood how "Frosty The Snowman" got to be considered
a
> Christmas song in the first place.
>

Or "Let It Snow," "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Winter Wonderland" or any of
those frozen precipitation songs. The only thing remotely religious about
"Winter Wonderland" is Parson Brown -- and he isn't even in town!

Howard