I didn’t begin to listen to Christmas CD’s until daughter Lise went back to Denmark on December 7. I wanted to keep the airways cleared so that we could talk without shouting. I began rather slowly, starting one when I was pretty sure I’d be in the kitchen with it. The pile was not diminishing quickly, so I began putting a new one on as soon as the last one was finished. I wasn’t out of earshot often.
I finished listening to all of John’s CD’s a few days ago. All of the standard Christmas music had been in one storage tub in the garage. I’m sure some of the discs were mine originally, but I had another small tub of things that only I would listen to. There were a few for Winter Solstice, and John would not have listened to those. The others had Christmas music done by New Age performers. I used to play those at my desk at work. People would hear music only as they walked through to go to the kitchen or to go out of the office.
I rejected 6 discs before I started playing them. There were 127, with music ranging from Medieval times to the twentieth century. I’m playing the last few from my tub, 29 in all. This has certainly been the loudest Christmas I’ve ever had. I can’t think of any time I enjoyed music more.
About an hour ago I heard something begin to play and listened carefully. I thought I heard a tune that was not related to Christmas. It was “Mary had a little Lamb”. Before I could get critical, I wondered which Mary in the last 2,000 years it was referring to. Surely it wasn’t Mary, the mother of Jesus, but you never know. Maybe I’ve had enough Christmas music for this season. That is proper, since many churches celebrated Epiphany today instead of waiting until January 6.
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How nice to have all that music going. It’s been hectic here so we didn’t have it on as much as usual.
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Maybe another year.
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This was interesting, Anne, on so many levels. I think I might need to do some research to better understand some of what you shared.
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Gregorian chant began developing in the 9th and 10th centuries. The ones we recognize today probably come from the time of Charlemagne. John particularly liked Renaissance and baroque music.
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Thank you for adding that Anne. It gives me places to start.
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Why don’t we all just make up what ever day we want to celebrate what ever.what has happened to tradition
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Tradition lives on in some families. My grandchildren enjoy doing some of the things we have always done.
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I like Christmas music and we have one station here that plays it exclusively from around November 1st, but usually cuts it off on December 26th. I listened each day while putting together the 24 puzzles, so around 15-20 minutes a day. I like the old, tried-and-true Christmas songs, but cannot stand the very loud, or the jazzed-up versions of old favorites. To be honest, most days, it was lucky if the radio stayed on the entire time it took to complete the puzzle.
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I’m glad you had some good listening in Dec.
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Yes, I have a few Christmas music CDs I bought to listen to at work, so perhaps I’ll just listen to them instead next year – no screeching or loud.
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You can control that!
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Yes, I must because I don’t call some of that Christmas music.
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I love that you went through the entire collection in your tub except six. What a wonderful month of music. So much better than the redundant Christmas tunes on the radio.
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I really enjoyed all that music! Last night I found another stack of 9 CDs that I haven’t played yet. It’s still Christmas for me!
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I have a Christmas playlist fir my car and to listen at home but nothing remotely as yours😎
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I have a 50 year collection.
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I’ll get there😉
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How wonderful. I too like Christmas music and play it from around November 20th to January 5. Kings Day is a big deal here in Spain and is actually more highly regarded than Christmas day. Tomorrow I will put the music, tree and decorations away until next year. Happy Día de Reyes!
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Your adopted tradition sounds marvelous.
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That’s a BUNCH of music!!! ♥♥
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I found nine more CDs in a stack waiting to be played. I’ll listen to them today and put things away tomorrow. John and I collected discs for 50 years. I’ll bet there are 100 repeats of Silent Night. I’m not going to count them.
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Hello there 👋! How are you doing today? It’s my pleasure to meet you here and happy New Year 🎊
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Hello right back! I had a very pleasant day today and hope you did, too. Happy New Year!
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Sounds good to know. I did had a fantastic day as well. Thanks for asking. Hope we can be friends and get to know each other?
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