One of the shit things about getting older is that you start to hate Christmas songs you once loved. The sheer ritualized repetition of them every year grinds you down, inducing groans where there once was euphoria. Antidote: disco. Alternative playlist and dancing. - ThreadSky

irvinewelsh.bsky.social • 78 days ago

One of the shit things about getting older is that you start to hate Christmas songs you once loved. The sheer ritualized repetition of them every year grinds you down, inducing groans where there once was euphoria.

Antidote: disco. Alternative playlist and dancing.

Comments

roguefem76.bsky.social•78 days ago

Working retail made me loathe Xmas music before I hit 35.

kenfromchicago.bsky.social•78 days ago

Has Xmas music started to be played in retail stores before Halloween? Labor Day? 4th of July? 🎵🎵🎵😱🤣

willhart2112.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUz-zAATNI

willhart2112.bsky.social•78 days ago

In case you need a different vibe with a Holiday classic.

booksdogscoffee.bsky.social•77 days ago

Ah, it’s my age then. I was saying the same thing to my partner the other day! I’m getting really tired of same songs on a loop for three months out of the year!

southerncatlady.bsky.social•78 days ago

The alternative is to turn it all off. Give peace a chance.

dudleyboogerdawson.bsky.social•78 days ago

My poor wife had to wait (7) seven years after I got out of retail so she could listen to Christmas songs at home again.

shewoot.bsky.social•78 days ago

It took me almost two decades.

dinodinoinleo.bsky.social•78 days ago

That's so true

poumista.bsky.social•78 days ago

20bs.com•78 days ago

Except James Brown’s Funky Christmas 🎄

haleyhazelton.bsky.social•78 days ago

I never liked Christmas music. As an adult I just dislike it more.

conventionugly.bsky.social•78 days ago

I enjoy listening to jazz versions of holiday music.

5thkid.bsky.social•78 days ago

For some great takes on Christmas songs, try Annie Lennox's "A Christmas Cornucopia" and The Chieftains' "Bells of Dublin." The St. Stephen's Day Murders is a particular favorite!

highlord.bsky.social•70 days ago

And the boar’s head from the same album

wayneharrison.bsky.social•78 days ago

Do you know why Bob Dylan never recorded a Christmas Album?

Just imagine him singing "Oh holy NIIIIIGHT, the stars are brightly SHIIINING" and then you'll know why.

beakerfull.bsky.social•78 days ago

I have some. . . regrettable news.

https://youtu.be/4cp7GJ74dSs?si=LL1HKd8O9CgKowen

allisonscorpio13.bsky.social•78 days ago

Bro, you're just not listening to the right xmas music.

graybeard1957.bsky.social•78 days ago

IMO, disco has never been, and never will be, the answer.

tadgarish.bsky.social•78 days ago

Counterpoint: Georgio Moroder
https://open.spotify.com/track/17e6IA43l5pc6cQC3SpKJO?si=z7ib2ljISBuYjoIWkR-hyQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A18fOLsMG8Msf1DEaW0E71K

mec4d.bsky.social•78 days ago

That's when you become Karen 😂

johnl67.bsky.social•78 days ago

Canny whack a gid boogie.

ednasmeds.bsky.social•78 days ago

I haven't enjoyed Christmas songs much since I was a kid..

mattyjoee.bsky.social•78 days ago

I disagree. This is definitely a you problem. I can and will listen to Bing’s sexy, deep voice for thousands of hours, ignorantly happy, until the day I die.

ckitton.bsky.social•78 days ago

Also, you start to analyze the lyrics/artists, see them from multiple different perspectives, and throw a lot more shade their way. 😞

ruisdeeltje.bsky.social•78 days ago

I started to hate Christmas songs already in my teenage years. Well, most of them at least… https://youtu.be/VxkWTm8Nyh4

shirleyinmulmur.bsky.social•78 days ago

Try JazzFM Toronto. A refreshing change and a happy agreement with Christmas tune-crazy husband.

codingwyzard.bsky.social•78 days ago

I have quite a few non-traditional tunes on my Christmas playlist. Trans Siberian Orchestra, Jethro Tull, New Young Messiah. My Christmas lights are animated and synced to the music. See https://store.lightorama.com/

chestnutt71.bsky.social•78 days ago

ABBA

bekemp.bsky.social•78 days ago

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK still brings a smile. God bless Shane MacGowan.

notwittyvicki.bsky.social•78 days ago

I listen to a “Sad Christmas” playlist in my old age that includes that song.

kingofbeauty.bsky.social•78 days ago

Not facts

montiamann.bsky.social•78 days ago

Get the Twisted Sister Xmas CD. That'll put the spirit right back in you!

thelesserlibrarian.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yeah, cool. 💃 💃 🕺

hawthornep.bsky.social•78 days ago

There are 13,419 recorded versions of All I Want For Christmas Is You. There have been days I've heard it 12 times in a row. I think it's impossible to like a song after that.

thatgenxwidower.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'd recommend Slade and Sweet.

laurafrost.bsky.social•78 days ago

I fully agree I hate the constant Christmas music. This coming from a grandmother that sang every song I could think of while babysitting the other night.

ravazine.bsky.social•78 days ago

Idk I think I did it backwards. I used to not care for Christmas music at all and now I don't mind. There are even some bops.

ABBA's new album had a bunch of Christmas songs on them. Not very disco tho

reallynowwhat.bsky.social•78 days ago

It’s indoctrination with a catchy tune. Man we are suckers.

blueskyfox.bsky.social•78 days ago

I would suggest staying away from commercial Xmas radio-play and creating your own playlists on Spotify or with CDs. Ella Fitzgerald’s jazzy A Swinging Xmas, the fun/heartbreaking An Ally McBeal Xmas, Vince Guaraldi’s sweet A Charlie Brown Xmas score.
Seek out the Xmas music that sings to you!

blueskyfox.bsky.social•78 days ago

And I have yet to encounter my disco appreciation period but it will probably eventually hit me.

broderick-m.bsky.social•78 days ago

If I hear It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas one more time I’m gonna start breaking things 😂

I usually just have my earbuds in listening to obscure EDM and house music.

everydayintention.bsky.social•78 days ago

That’s a relatable take! The endless loop of holiday tunes can definitely wear thin, but disco as an antidote is brilliant. Nothing like a groovy beat to shake off the monotony and bring fresh energy to the season. Time to sparkle and dance! ✨💃🕺

forced2bnice2u.bsky.social•78 days ago

Well I’m older and could never hate a 🎄 song! 😳

moverate20.bsky.social•78 days ago

I feel safe from that because they never play the versions I like in stores because I’m too old! Lol

wokeelly.bsky.social•78 days ago

I've hit 55 and only just started appreciating them🤣

cjthecomposer.bsky.social•78 days ago

See, I feel this way about most of the more recent ones. My heart will always continue to love God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

warrstories.bsky.social•78 days ago

There was a point a few years ago when I was working retail, singing in multiple choirs, and living with a vicar. The quantity of "bah humbug" reached near critical levels.

gnocfc.bsky.social•78 days ago

However, looking for alternative Xmas songs can be great.
Did a mixtape a few years ago that had Hip Hop, DnB, Funk and Footwork.

Also, play this - it's FAR TOO GOOD to just play at Xmas.

https://youtu.be/7T-3FtRFsxw?si=-zQVCsO6JNLB6dtf

simonbayliss.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thank you, this is great

jp1102.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://www.hipchristmas.com/index.php

gnocfc.bsky.social•78 days ago

Awesome, thank you.
I might put another Xmas mix together...

simonbayliss.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWxsfPpAjVY

One from my youth. Worth waiting for the 12th day

presidentgoku.bsky.social•78 days ago

as a wise man once said,

rufusinzen.bsky.social•78 days ago

Discovered this the other day:
https://youtu.be/5pu5ZGFWZ98

tuneraider.bsky.social•78 days ago

There’s always Rage against the machine to clear you ears of jingles …

doc0120.bsky.social•77 days ago

No genre died as fast as disco. In the late 70's i made a second mortgage loan to a guy to open a disco. The next month disco died....a very fast death. We forclosed on the poor guy in 1980.

nomadicchzherder.bsky.social•78 days ago

The SomaFM Christmas Lounge music channel was a refreshing change for me.

No Nevill Brothers or Mariah Carey.

leaflizard.bsky.social•78 days ago

Listen to some Franc Moody. It’s not Christmas music but still a good time

shar76.bsky.social•77 days ago

Bring it on!!

curiouscaine.bsky.social•78 days ago

As far as I'm concerned, there are two compartments in hell:

1. Here, the song, "The Little Drummer Boy" plays on loop for eternity and you cannot escape.

2. The song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" plays on loop and you cannot escape.

3rdkid.bsky.social•78 days ago

The Temptations Xmas album never grows old.

gregoriothelion.bsky.social•78 days ago

My opinion on Christmas songs is that 90% of them are children's songs and I'm not in the habit of listening to kids' music.

smackie.org•78 days ago

Three winters of working John Menzies with Now That’s What I Call Christmas on repeat gets you there quicker. Insanity. Game was to successfully name track on *other* side of cassette and hit “reverse” on tape machine to verify. 75%+ hit rate. Drink to oblivion afterwards to try to stop earworms…

a10falconwarthog.bsky.social•78 days ago

When they start playing that crap the day after Thanksgiving. Grinds my gears. As a non believer I'm offended by them and feel I have the right not to hear them at all.

lucieduce2.bsky.social•78 days ago

Dude really ? I’m old today 52 but are you warning me that I’m goi g to get increasingly bitter 😂

steelergal126.bsky.social•78 days ago

Usually because they bring back memories of happier times… I’m there…😖

seena-swg.bsky.social•78 days ago

Hmmm never happened to me. Still love Christmas songs.

As long as I don't start hearing them in October.

majeure.bsky.social•78 days ago

Disco is an antidote for lots of stuff

markmywards.bsky.social•78 days ago

Alternatively, might I suggest winding the clock ALL the way back? The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat is a goldmine of Medieval Christmas vibes. https://open.spotify.com/album/2XZtwtzIdETD8PGacNtAPK?si=SF4LByo2TMObbZDjx9DT2A

capitalismkills.bsky.social•78 days ago

THIS. I literally turned around and left a store when I heard one playing (won't name it becuz triggering)

defecito.bsky.social•78 days ago

they will never make me hate you Jingle Bells Rock

twacanadaorg.bsky.social•78 days ago

Seriously? I suppose that's why the Grinch isn't young.

🎄🎶🎅🦌☃️

I have the world's largest collection of elevator music (no really, I do) and a good amount of it is Christmas themed.

jparkhill.bsky.social•77 days ago

I contend that if an artist wishes to release a Christmas album or any more than 2 covers in a given year. They need to write an original Christmas song. If we had enforced this 20 years ago- we would have a wide tapestry of new generation songs.

galactivators.com•65 days ago

Please help us spread the truth about Santa! https://youtu.be/PUF84tsqo1s?si=yM4qWl2K4lPqJCTS

mellowtoneclub.bsky.social•78 days ago

Enjoy !

https://www.mixcloud.com/BeatenTracks/christmas-mixtape-vol2-jazz-blues-soul-rnb-rock-roll/

columbia57.bsky.social•78 days ago

Irvine: I’m long past Christmas movies. Had enough of “It’s A Wonderful Life” but somebody always wants to watch it. I have earbuds and books but that would be rude

aishabdz.bsky.social•78 days ago

edcote.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/535fUjrNfCxJ4yvyaVjQP3
how's this?

apzzazz.bsky.social•78 days ago

I was a retail manager for 40 years. I once calculated just how many hours of Xmas music I had to listen to, once I passed 1000 hours I stopped counting. I freaking HATE Christmas music.

laurafrost.bsky.social•78 days ago

I agree when my husband died and I had to start working in the store I hated the constant Christmas music.

samaranthine.bsky.social•78 days ago

Retail mgr for 12+ years. I hate Christmas music too! It’s also a trauma trigger, as customers are usually more angry and rude the busier the season gets.

peteremmert2025.bsky.social•78 days ago

Play then backwards, maybe?

brian.ppcis.org•78 days ago

https://soma.fm have, last time I checked, three Chistmas streams, none of which are mainstream.

scienceintheend.bsky.social•78 days ago

Check out “White Wine in the Sun” by Tim Minchen. Best Xmas song ever.
Comedic, then very moving. You will be weepy by the time it’s done.

radicalerin.bsky.social•78 days ago

I can't stand overdoing the season, either. The ridiculous commercialism, the inability to trust deals, etc. It feels dystopian.

aligaw.bsky.social•78 days ago

Counterpoint: driving my 89 yr old father in-law I turned on the Christmas station….he sang along to every song. That music has stayed in his brain more than anything else!

bobmthesecond.bsky.social•78 days ago

Mmm, I am older than I imagined possible, the Christmas music I hate is the stuff that is composed to have fake sincerity...which, sadly, is most of it. I still like the Vienna boys choir and classic stuff (unadulterated by modern singers)

philobiblion.bsky.social•78 days ago

Brace yourself: Pa rump pump pump pump

whopado.bsky.social•78 days ago

I hate disco but I still like it better than Christmas music!

stevesmithcam.bsky.social•78 days ago

With the exception of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, I’ve always hated fucking xmas songs

kangasdave.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’ve been detoxing on some sweet, sweet Iron Maiden! Merry Christmas to all!

docwest.bsky.social•78 days ago

Bee Gees rock

mlevel.bsky.social•78 days ago

Or https://bsky.app/hashtag/HolidayMusic?author=mlevel.bsky.social

wayleftcoast.bsky.social•78 days ago

You are correct!

valleypaul54.bsky.social•78 days ago

There's pretty much only 2 Christmas songs I can abide now. The Pogues and Greg Lake...you know the one's...I'd prefer to listen to Bach or Beethoven, Linkin Park or Leonard Cohen anything but Mariah "bleedin'" Carey

drbayer.bsky.social•78 days ago

If you like those two you might also like this one

https://youtu.be/VCxCaK83pOo

kathrynmay.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yes! Disco Christmas is the best!

darknessfish.bsky.social•78 days ago

Some Christmas classics just don't get played as often as you'd think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE8mebHHwwA

mcchouffe.bsky.social•78 days ago

I've always hated Christmas songs. This is down to them been pure shite.

andyatom.bsky.social•78 days ago

Another 'antidote' would be metal or something way off-piste try #babymetal. It's like sweet & sour sauce. It shouldn't work but it does.

glitterize.bsky.social•78 days ago

I honestly can’t listen to a Christmas song anymore unless it has a rock/pop element to it

musicmanstu.bsky.social•78 days ago

I agree the only one I still like is fairytale of New York

rev-d00d.bsky.social•78 days ago

Dred Zeppelin replaced Led Zeppelin for me
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Zeppelin

viejogambler.bsky.social•78 days ago

Enjoy https://youtu.be/B9V17HCM_Js?si=6tlXmLVU_FbmihT9

sg4democracy.bsky.social•78 days ago

And this Christmas in particular the songs of happy tidings and Christian joy and love feel forced and phony.

hormigaroja9.bsky.social•78 days ago

Not me. I love Christmas music. But only after Thanksgiving up until Christmas Eve. I still love the songs I loved as a kid. The songs I hate I have always hated. 😉

misterstars72.bsky.social•77 days ago

Me too. I don’t have a problem with it and I have a few Christmas lps in my collection

iwasproduceking5.bsky.social•78 days ago

Burl Ives have a holly jolly Christmas, sends me into a murderous rage. If he wasn’t dead already I might just have to have killed him

mishagriffith.bsky.social•78 days ago

There is no sadder song than "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" when all the people you spent your Christmases with as a kid have all passed.

mariaaragon64.bsky.social•78 days ago

I tend to gravitate to the more pensive ones these days.
Judy Garland's version of that song.
An Old Fashioned Christmas- Frank Sinatra
And the more chipper Home For the Holidays - Perry Como.

thirteenball.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'm a brass bandsman. Most of us reserve a special hatred for all Christmas music - for precisely this reason.

ranting-old-ukie.bsky.social•78 days ago

For me it only applies to the poppy “all I want for Christmas is Mommy kissing Santa Claus” songs. Traditional carols and a few less poppy modern holiday songs I can still tolerate or even appreciate.

leire4.bsky.social•78 days ago

Interested to know which Christmas songs you loved 🤔

cavalrysword.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw

stuzipants.bsky.social•78 days ago

You start to hate most things I’ve found since I hit 50

stevesmithcam.bsky.social•78 days ago

Funny i was watching Ricky Gervais on Stick to football podcast last night and he was saying pretty much the same about becoming completely intolerant as you age and about all sorts of things and i was so glad to know it wasn’t just me 😂

boardgamemunky.bsky.social•78 days ago

Did he happen to mention when it should start? Because I'm only 36 but I feel like I've been there since like 2018 and I think I may have jumped the gun a bit

stuzipants.bsky.social•78 days ago

😂

judeet44.bsky.social•78 days ago

I prefer to think of it as simply becoming more discerning.

stuzipants.bsky.social•78 days ago

Maybe 🥰

tom-rn.bsky.social•78 days ago

It stated for me in my mid 40’s.

pasto76.bsky.social•78 days ago

Antidote: Tupac

nathanloiselle.bsky.social•78 days ago

No. Disco must stay dead.

a-wol.bsky.social•78 days ago

cheekymonkeyh.bsky.social•78 days ago

Little donkey still upsets me but agree with you on the rest 🫏

ramothrider1.bsky.social•78 days ago

📌

ramothrider1.bsky.social•78 days ago

Working retail does that too. I started hunting for Christmas songs that weren't played to death at work. I listen to my Christmas playlist when I'm in public instead of the ones that are overplayed.

fluffcopter.bsky.social•78 days ago

marcomarcos88.bsky.social•78 days ago

Some great Christmas songs very rarely get an airing so still sound fresh when I hear them

https://youtu.be/KmYO6hNS2co?feature=shared

elizabethink.bsky.social•78 days ago

Who doesn’t love disco caroling?

rosietheblue.bsky.social•78 days ago

I have always and will always hate "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree"

countruin.bsky.social•78 days ago

You do? Since when??? I've got all I want for christmas on replay

skylar-nin.bsky.social•78 days ago

The Christmas Matriarch has arrived to my ears 🙂‍↕️
This is my holiday Spacejam

nichflamel.bsky.social•78 days ago

Or wear earbuds and blast out D&B or Led Zeppelin so I can't hear any "Xmas Muzak" at all.

schadenfreude4u.bsky.social•78 days ago

Wish Jonah would stop the frakkin cavalry already.

stephenstroud.bsky.social•78 days ago

There used to be a competition to see how close one could get to the 25th without hearing “Last Christmas”. It generally involved avoiding chain pubs and most shops, particularly Oxford Street - no great hardship in itself.

londonlee.bsky.social•77 days ago

There still is a competition #Whamageddon

ckerr.bsky.social•78 days ago

For those who celebrate it, have a happy 12 Days of Giorgio Moroder

indigoman48.bsky.social•78 days ago

Even Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses?

ladypatricia2.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’m old. I still sing carols. In spite of my deplorable singing voice.

kami2thesky411.bsky.social•77 days ago

🎶Let It Snow🎶
-Boyz to Men

dombarra.bsky.social•78 days ago

I started to hate it years ago, when I was in my twenties. I started to appreciate the whole festive atmosphere since my daughter was born. She brought me a second youth.

neonsquirrel86.bsky.social•78 days ago

Not a huge fan of Xmas music, as Halloween music is far superior. But that said, have you checked out the "all I want for Christmas is a goat" album? That one is magical and worth blasting with the windows down.

anthonypooley.bsky.social•78 days ago

Or, you could listen to Tinsel & Lights by @traceythorn.bsky.social - Christmas music for the slightly world-weary, and my favorite Christmas record ever.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mcJCPO0yOQXiX7-PDjvlekCjWvghlPiws&si=9-zAUCNmUE7qbaPy

edithivygames.bsky.social•77 days ago

Three words for the song so deeply nonsense it has remained a dopamine hit since childhood.
"Dominic the Donkey"

It is not a good song. I do not care.

dmglampers.bsky.social•78 days ago

Found a homemade CD on the library sale shelf entitled: Daves Faves for 0.50. It has the most eclectic mix of christmas songs I had never heard of. It is a gem. Every Christmas we play it and wonder who Dave was. Plus we have a couple of xmas CDs by the band Galloglas out of Louisville KY - fabulous

midwestfinn.bsky.social•78 days ago

Please, don’t add disco to the season…

jessicajsalmon.bsky.social•78 days ago

Nope I’m in my 50s and love them as much as ever. Refuse to be jaded.

lyintad.bsky.social•77 days ago

edibles and choral music

gonzobaggins.bsky.social•78 days ago

This applies to many kinds of music. One station in my town has played freaking Aerosmith so many thousands of times, that now when I hear one of their songs come on I immediately change the station.

gemcityexpat.bsky.social•78 days ago

Oh dang, I was wondering how I was going to fit in my daily Disco Snails today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAZBKlVSLkU

grossomatto.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thank you Sir! That’s exactly how I feel.

matthewpimm.bsky.social•78 days ago

I've been doing an alternative Christmas song playlist on bluesky with Christmas songs you didn't know were Christmas songs. I called it the Die Hard Christmas Album. It might be the antidote you need!

alanc1.bsky.social•78 days ago

Disco is always the right answer and I'm not even kidding.

alanc1.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'll throw in roller-skating.
🛼🎶

pj-biker.bsky.social•78 days ago

Seriously

anne46.bsky.social•78 days ago

I LOATHE Christmas music AND ALWAYS HAVE DONE!!!!
IT IS SO NOT TRUE!!!!

randomcurious.bsky.social•78 days ago

True, but once the dementia kicks in those Xmas songs are brand new all over again!

lokiodin216.bsky.social•78 days ago

I used ai to change up some of the Christmas songs that are in the public domain. Trust me, hearing "Silent Night" sung in the genre of "anti-folk" puts a new umph in it. lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U65F-43eXk0&list=PLsLJg-fG9ViNqzAWLdoKQSxT24UCOMI0o&index=3

sarahjane321.bsky.social•78 days ago

i still love the old ones. we do need more new ones

dantooine.bsky.social•78 days ago

The corporate force-feeding of Christmas combined with the intellectually-dim consumers who now insist on starting the season on November 1 has systematically removed all the organic joy of the season. It's just performative now.

wafflehouseofpain.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’ve been feeling that way about Christmas movies this year. Every one I scroll by I think, Meh. I feel like just watched that.

dunky-retired-goth.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fairytale of New York. Love the song but done to death.

truantmusic.bsky.social•78 days ago

I came here to say this. It's the only one that survived from the huge ones but it's been at least 10 years where 'they' knew it

buffalogal163.bsky.social•78 days ago

Best Christmas song ever. I can’t get enough Christmas Eve in the drunk tank.

daveingeorgia.bsky.social•78 days ago

One of the best opening lines...ever.

quelynn.bsky.social•77 days ago

Because they start after halloween.😕 Way too early.

johnhusler.bsky.social•78 days ago

I know what you’re saying but in the right setting they are nice. . . But if I ever hear Santa baby again I might loose my mind.

amegodytes.bsky.social•78 days ago

The faith of our fathers, living still in spite of dungeon fire and sword.

just-opinions.bsky.social•78 days ago

It’s called Scroogeification.

shoehornwithteeth.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is one of several reasons retail workers hate December: we can't escape the same 5 songs, and we're stuck with them all day every (work) day.

stitcheryourlips.bsky.social•78 days ago

Cher’s Christmas album from last year was actually some new music and very danceable!

sydnkr.bsky.social•78 days ago

or...cheesy jingle funk. This one always has the dance floor groovin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQhU1acfy_s

crisco1970.bsky.social•78 days ago

For me, it isn’t the repetition, it’s the realization that 99.9% of those that hold fast to them, do not believe in the message of the person about whom the early church wanted the holiday to be about.

peterbeberhardt.bsky.social•78 days ago

Maybe try some lesser known songs?

https://youtu.be/scnqePfFpa8?si=HZJTgJqK7mzDbJYG

peterbeberhardt.bsky.social•78 days ago

This one has some superb older carols, symphonic performances.
The xmas tunes are mixed with lo-fi cuts and a story of unconventional means.

A disturbing tale, it carries a moral message.
As an atheist, listening to it is one of my few xmas rituals.

https://youtu.be/u6kHN92Yv48?si=sZGt9RkgPrPdeV12

tophspins.bsky.social•78 days ago

I've replaced Christmas music with Thrash Metal.

markpatricklynch.bsky.social•78 days ago

Fucking hell. I'm hoping for a middle-aged cardiac arrest if disco is the solution to anything.

infinitekin.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yeah just have to listen to my own Christmas playlists. The radio stations seem to play the same 5 songs over and over.

djs79982.bsky.social•78 days ago

Bee Gees baby!

electronicferret.bsky.social•78 days ago

I just find myself hating the context: it’s all crammed into ads. Everything is a damn ad. It isn’t a holiday, it’s a selling point.

The music is much more enjoyable when I can choose when to listen to it and what song.

bihuns.bsky.social•78 days ago

Try listening to Cirque de Soleil's "Twas the Night Before". Beautiful and magical.

thegodfascia.bsky.social•78 days ago

Try Mew

anarchohannibalism.bsky.social•78 days ago

mariah carey surely has enough money by now. we as a society need to write some new xmas bangers. i'll start with an ode to gift shopping called "there's no way in hell you're getting a PS5"

jcesq.bsky.social•78 days ago

Aches and pains suck too.

ksemik.bsky.social•78 days ago

Hated disco then, hate it now 😂.

kenfromchicago.bsky.social•78 days ago

#Disco 👍🎵🎵🎵😁
https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc?si=6F02lerfUfhUNX2h

vibha7771.bsky.social•78 days ago

Disco beats revive the holiday spirit, shaking off the repetitive tunes!

gatestone.bsky.social•78 days ago

My fave. A punk rock version of an old french song “Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris” that is a Christmas classic in Finland.

https://youtu.be/bbncPmppXG0?si=hVyWsjMFsUXSUhyw

helenlouisebrown.bsky.social•78 days ago

I am loving this disco championing! 🪩

tina48.bsky.social•78 days ago

Absolutely agree! Enough is enough. Especially when the commercialism of Christmas in the stores starts BEFORE HALLOWEEN!😵🫨😵‍💫Including the music!🤯

el-intrepido.bsky.social•78 days ago

I delight in thinking - nay KNOWING - that in the 1960’s Orchestra Sleigh Ride the ENTIRE secondary percussion section is HAMMERED on Colombian BamBam!! The trombones too…
Let it snow ❄️ indeed

mamajer.bsky.social•78 days ago

This One Isn’t Too Bad.

quilty420.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thankfully, the general public has never truly embraced my fav, 'Christmas Wrapping' by The Waitresses, as an iconic holiday song. Helps that it was out of print for so long but the streaming services have helped in that regard.

ijustneedaname.bsky.social•78 days ago

Just listening to the Prodigy ready for 19 December 💜💜💜 Keith

banbri.bsky.social•78 days ago

I worked for USPS for 40 years, and hated Christmas! Everybody was always worried about buying presents for everybody they ever met in their life!

rogerjacucci.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5KzNhPINK3UmR99MfOEetC?si=EC8qsn3oT-2RB2H58qzhiw&pi=STlxFMl_QJSEn

artinthedark.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://youtu.be/8WM_Gg1M8BQ?si=VN9U3vNhYO2VvvNJ

manmtmike.bsky.social•78 days ago

They still beat the shit out of church hymns.

againstkookery.bsky.social•78 days ago

I listen to Japanese city pop from the 1980s. They didn't get the memo that disco had died. There some good disco music from Japan during that time.

owens-kd1.bsky.social•78 days ago

Well especially when they start playing in every retail environment earlier and earlier.

stilljupe.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’m 71 and still love the songs and a Believer of what the Season represents. I love Christmas. My friends, children, grands and greats have an awesome time STILL. Manufacturers make Christmas about things. That IMO degrades and misrepresents the original reason for the Season, Jesus Christ birth.

hokiegb.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'm starting to feel that way about a lot of songs in general. Every song that gets radio play I have heard hundreds or thousands of times by now...

daveingeorgia.bsky.social•78 days ago

I don't know how the folks in retail stand it.

lunar-kombo.bsky.social•78 days ago

Dying every day to go stick my head in the river Lethe to try to drown the earworms.

misterfriz.bsky.social•78 days ago

Well, I'm not in the same camp. Now that I'm not working in broadcast radio anymore, I look forward to hearing the classic carols from the Fifties and Sixties. The modern stuff is just so much soulless tripe...

rutabagadoctor.bsky.social•78 days ago

I still want a hula hoop. Maybe this year will be the year playing that crap will finally alert my husband to my wish.

olderearl76.bsky.social•78 days ago

As a middle aged Geezer I couldn't agree more. Ba humbug! The Corporate Radio media thinks it a winner to drive us mad doing the Holiday season so we'll buy more and think less. Alternative music is the way to go.

zacster911.bsky.social•78 days ago

🎅Bah humbug! Lol
Kind of the same for any basic classic rock playlist that's on the radio these days.

ahhfrankout.bsky.social•78 days ago

Absolutely true. Stores start playing them now November 1. My god.

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