'tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la

Entering December comes with a special high spirit. Perhaps because it’s the end of the year, rolling to the new year.. Perhaps because it’s a holiday season.. With Christmas at hand, we anticipate lots & lots of jolly things.. the beardy fat man who brings presents (only if you’re nice!), cookies (fruit cake.. yummm), chocolates, caroling (falalala lalalala), snow (uhmm.. not in my part of the world tho), everything.. the whole 9 yard.

Caroling is definitely a must. Every year there are new Christmas albums with both classic (with re-arranged rhythm) and new songs. Some of them are plain fun, some are senselessly ridiculous). I think (correct me if I’m wrong) the new ones are getting more and more out of context. It’s not about Christ’s birth anymore, it’s all about having fun and fleshly joy.

Some songs that are definitely not seasonally correct to be sung in Indo: Let it Snow!, Frosty the Snow Man, White Christmas. Tunes that are dedicated to Santa (who doesn’t even exist. Really, check out North Pole! :p): Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Romance on Christmas, either when you fall in love (All I want for Christmas is You) or fall out of love (Last Christmas I gave you my heart.. but the very next day you throw it away.. ouch!!). And then there are tunes that plain annoying: Jingle bell rock, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (sad to see that at their mild age, kids learn that Santa is only human and mommy’s a slut. LOL.)

They’re not exactly out of context, coz the season is special, so many new Christmas songs are not exactly Christmas songs, just holiday songs. Well, there’s always the true Christmas carols (or some people would call them ‘religious holiday songs’), like Away In a Manger, Go, Tell It On The Mountain, What Child Is This?, Joy to the World, O Come, All Ye Faithful.

I don’t have a personal favorite, but I find it hilarious if ‘The Twelve Day of Christmas’ ever literally happen to someone. On the twelve day of Christmas, my tru love sent to me:
12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords a Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
6 Geese a Laying
5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves, &
A Partridge in a Pear Tree

While my theme of the year… “I won’t be home for Christmas”, allow me to sing a tune for you, tho only in my head (hey, you could play it in yours too)....

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on, our troubles will be miles away

Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more.

Through the years we all will be together, if the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS now...