Design Crafters

Have you noticed that there is a lot of repetition when it comes to Christmas songs during the weeks leading up to Christmas? Have you also noticed that they are being played earlier and earlier every year? It’s kind of like the decorations. Before we even get through Halloween, the stores and streets are already decorated for Christmas!

The reason for the repeat of Christmas songs is that there really aren’t that many and because many radio stations don’t want to play "religious" songs, that limits the selection even more. When you have a station that is playing exclusively Christmas songs during that time, there is going to be a lot of repetition. I’m sure that this is not an exhaustive list, but here are the main Christmas songs that can be heard continuously leading up to Christmas:

• Away In A Manger
• Carol Of The Bells
• Deck The Halls
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Jingle Bells
• Joy To The World
• Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• I’ll Be Home For Christmas
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
• Little Drummer Boy
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• O Holy Night
• O, Little Town of Bethlehem
• O Tannenbaum
• Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Silent Night
• Silver Bells
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
• The First Noel
• The Twelve Days of Christmas
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• What Child Is This?
• White Christmas
• Winter Wonderland

Since the selection is so limited, you might hear any one of these over 700 times if you were to listen continuously the weeks leading up to Christmas. Interestingly enough, some of these songs have set the theme for many different Christmas card designs.

If you had an alien visiting you or even just as odd, someone
from the "Bush" who had never heard about Christmas would you be able
to answer all their questions about it? If they showed up any time after
Thanksgiving, decorations would be up everywhere and I’m sure he/she would have
many questions.

First of all what is Christmas and why is it such a big deal? What’s with all
the decorations? Why do we "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly? Why do we
exchange Christmas presents? Why do we have an evergreen or a "fake"
evergreen tree in our living room and why is it decorated with ornaments and tinsel?
Why do we have garland hanging over our mantel and/or staircase and a wreath on
our front door?

What is a nativity scene and why are there oversized stockings hanging from
your mantle? Why is mistletoe hanging from the doorway? Why are there
poinsettias on the hearth and a big log in the fireplace? Why is every radio
station playing Christmas songs over and over again all day long and why are
there people walking around the neighborhood singing Christmas carols in the
evening?

Who is this Santa person and this reindeer named Rudolph? What exactly are the
12 days of Christmas and why is Christmas Eve celebrated? Why so many fruitcakes
and why does everyone dream of a white Christmas? Why is Christmas sometimes
spelled Xmas, and why are the malls so crowded with people carrying heavy
shopping bags? Why are there Christmas cards lying all over the coffee table?

We will attempt to answer some of these questions for you in case you may need
some help duing the next few days.