Christmas Apologies

["jan weatherman" <janweatherman at hotmail_com>]

Let me tell you a story...

I used to have a radio show in college. Several, actually. Every time it got 
near Christmas, I would break out the 'cheesy' Christmas music and have a 
little fun with it. However this fun thing I did grew into a twisted 
obsession. I would find myself hunting through the dollar bins at Jerry's 
Fine Used Records looking for the worst of the Christmas music. Christmas 
Carols in French, A Music Box Christmas, Montovani- I had some truly bad 
ones. I was calling holiday radio program 'A Christmas Cheese Log' and 
putting up special flyers around campus. It got quite bad. Then I graduated.

Cut to several years later, and I've got myself an Internet radio program. 
Christmas rolls around, and I am trying to remain a respectable broadcaster. 
I want to be considered an artiste, if you will. So I resist these primal 
urges of mine and program some truly beautiful Christmas music.

But now, I can't help myself. I've got too many years and a good $20 
invested in some of the best bad Christmas music ever! I will spare you the 
really unlistenable stuff, but Burt Bacharach Christmas music is too good to 
pass up! I've got a while stack of holiday music from the 60s that is just 
dedicated to sounding swanky- I can't deny that! I hope you don't mind the 
clicks and pops of the vinyl, but I think it adds to the ambience of the 
music. All of the good stuff that I'm talking about comes from a different 
era, and it just wouldn't sound right if it didn't come from a dirty record. 
So on with Andy Williams! On with the Ray Coniff Singers! Play us on, Herb 
Alpert!

For those not so inclined to the cheese, there is a lot of great Christmas 
music in general on the latest edition of 3 Chords & the Truth, Baby! New 
holidays songs, new versions of classics, classics themselves- lots of music 
for everybody!

Let me know what you think, especially if you think there is a song that I'm 
missing that you Know would be perfect for the show!

I wish you a Blessed Christmas holiday!

-janweatherman


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