Well it looks like I'm the only one crusty enough to say this, but all those non-religious Christmas songs really hack me off! I am beginning to hate them! (I say this half in jest). We get bombarded over here in the US with schlockey pseudo Christmas muzak - aimed at setting our subconsciouses to buying christams gifts. We can't mention religion, even on a religious holiday, anywhere - so we sing around and about christmas. We pretend that christmas is Santa's birthday, and we talk about peace on earth - and don;t dare breathe a word about Jesus, lest someone get insulted. I've been asked to play a few Christmas shows, at pubs and private places this year - and I enjoyed singing Silent Night, Joy to the World, Away in a Manger, etc.

We are doing our best in America to eliminate Christianity, and that angers me. Swapping the new Santa myth for the old, is part of that conspiracy.