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Home. In front of computer.
Type out lesson for tomorrow's Sunday School class first?
Of course not. Procrastinate first.
I haven't started a thread in a while. Why not? And why not flip the coin to the favorite Christmas song thread? We all have the Christmas song (or songs) that we are particularly fond of.
But after being bombarded by them for even up to TWO FLIPPIN' MONTHS...some of us are ready to punch the next thing in a Santa hat that we see if we hear one more shake of the sleigh bells. But there are even songs that make us feel that way the very first time we hear them in November.
I'll go first. As I did in the Fave thread, I'll throw out both a sacred and secular example.
The stupidest of all sacred Christmas songs is The Drummer Boy. Yeah, I said it. I can think of nothing more inane than the idea of OH THE LITTLE BOY IS PLAYING A DRUM BECAUSE HE COULDN'T BRING A GIFT LIKE THE MAGI!!! The song isn't even centered on Christ, it's centered on the kid. Newsflash, kid: first-century drums in Judea do not sound like "pah-rup-pah-pum pum." Also, you're PLAYING DRUMS FOR A BABY. Parents of infants everywhere applaud you; clearly, this is appropriate behavior. And this is just the LYRICS. Don't even get me started on the banality of the melody. I honestly think the Czechs wrote it as a joke (which is why no one in the Czech Republic will take credit for it), knowing someone from the West would co-opt it and use it. "Look at those American morons! They actually think a Jewish kid playing a snare drum for an infant makes sense!"
Regarding secular Christmas songs...imagine the most joyous, beautiful moment in your life. That stupid George Michael song? It's the exact opposite of that.
Type out lesson for tomorrow's Sunday School class first?
Of course not. Procrastinate first.
I haven't started a thread in a while. Why not? And why not flip the coin to the favorite Christmas song thread? We all have the Christmas song (or songs) that we are particularly fond of.
But after being bombarded by them for even up to TWO FLIPPIN' MONTHS...some of us are ready to punch the next thing in a Santa hat that we see if we hear one more shake of the sleigh bells. But there are even songs that make us feel that way the very first time we hear them in November.
I'll go first. As I did in the Fave thread, I'll throw out both a sacred and secular example.
The stupidest of all sacred Christmas songs is The Drummer Boy. Yeah, I said it. I can think of nothing more inane than the idea of OH THE LITTLE BOY IS PLAYING A DRUM BECAUSE HE COULDN'T BRING A GIFT LIKE THE MAGI!!! The song isn't even centered on Christ, it's centered on the kid. Newsflash, kid: first-century drums in Judea do not sound like "pah-rup-pah-pum pum." Also, you're PLAYING DRUMS FOR A BABY. Parents of infants everywhere applaud you; clearly, this is appropriate behavior. And this is just the LYRICS. Don't even get me started on the banality of the melody. I honestly think the Czechs wrote it as a joke (which is why no one in the Czech Republic will take credit for it), knowing someone from the West would co-opt it and use it. "Look at those American morons! They actually think a Jewish kid playing a snare drum for an infant makes sense!"
Regarding secular Christmas songs...imagine the most joyous, beautiful moment in your life. That stupid George Michael song? It's the exact opposite of that.
