Steve i find plenty of real folk outside folk clubs resonatewell with what i sing without ever having to sing jingle bells or rudolph , afew examples raglan road the night visiting song,the nightingale, all sung at community centres in ireland and all received very well, all these people were real folk, so steve, the problem with jingle bells and rudolph is that they are played ad nauseam at every supermarket they become hackneyed.
i sing outside folk clubs to real folk and have never need to sing or play them, so please stop making judgements on how well my songs are received outside folk clubs here in ireland.