I have a lot to say about Christmas this year - and a lot of you are going to object, but I DON'T CARE! THIS IS CHRISTMAS! GET OVER YOURSELVES!
1) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: THIS WAS PUT OUT IN 1964!
And, like Rudolph, IT'S TRADITION!
1) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: THIS WAS PUT OUT IN 1964!
Yes, Rudolph is BULLIED (it says so in the SONG).
Yes, Rudolph was subject to all the things that we have since come up with that weren't right.
BUT IT'S A TRADITION!
If you want a Rudolph who is good to the "bad boys" who pick on him, PLAN YOUR OWN RUDOLPH, WHO ISN'T BULLIED!
BUT IT'S A TRADITION!
If you want a Rudolph who is good to the "bad boys" who pick on him, PLAN YOUR OWN RUDOLPH, WHO ISN'T BULLIED!
2) "Baby, It's Cold Outside": THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FRANK LOESSER IN 1944!
This was WELL before "Me Two".
It was written at a time when the Loessers were expected to entertain people at Christmas. He didn't see the "Me Two" movement was in the works (which IT WASN'T IN 1944) and, in my child's mind when hearing this, I didn't see that it was a BAD THING that he was doing.
It was a man trying to get a woman to stay of the snow and stay with him (which, considering the "Me Two" movement, SHOULD NOT HAPPEN), but it was a happy Christmas tune that has been done by several others (like Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon Levitt).
And, like Rudolph, IT'S TRADITION!
3) The Twelve Days of Christmas: THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1780!
Back then, the "Twelve Days" started with Christmas.
NOBODY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WERE SINGING ABOUT! (For example, the "Five Golden Rings" were referring to involved the five initial segments of the Old Testament, which gives the "history of man's fall from grace".)
Like the others, it's TRADITION!
And like the others, it's been played - including Jeff Foxworthy's "Redneck Twelve Days" - REPEATEDLY. It's not meant to "annoy people", it's meant to say "Anything you give is alright".
And like the others, it's been played - including Jeff Foxworthy's "Redneck Twelve Days" - REPEATEDLY. It's not meant to "annoy people", it's meant to say "Anything you give is alright".
4) Santa Baby: IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1953!
Numerous people have this as their "favorite" (done originally by Eartha Kitt), but it's just as "wrong" as "Baby, It's Cold Outside".
Here's this woman planning on Santa leaving her all kinds of things that Santa has access to.....and she's counting on it. (And Eartha Kitt delivered a 1963 version that was an uptempo version that Madonna copied.)
My daughter was the first to come home from school with a bitch about this tune. She said something about the '54 convertible and "I'll wait up for you, dear". She wanted this gone several years ago....but it didn't come "under the gun" until THIS year.
And once again, IT'S TRADITION!
Have I made a point yet of "Christmas Carols Gone Wrong In This Generation" yet?
Can we still sing along with the old tunes, or are you going to bitch enough about these - and others - who were on Facebook with "this tune should be banned because of......."?
We're making Christmas a bitch-fest this year, and I DON'T LIKE IT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BITCH ABOUT THIS ON FACEBOOK, PREPARE TO FIGHT!
