Two Depressing Christmas Songs that Don't Suck
Essay: Two Depressing Christmas Songs that Don't Suck It's become fashionable to complain about Christmas music - it starts too soon, it's too syrupy, and now it's even sexist and rapey . For example, Robyn Hitchcock, who's one of the "patron saints" of this site, recently Tweeted: Part of the problem is that it's a holiday that we're all expected to like, but we perceive differently. Many people don't even observe Christmas as a holiday, religious or secular, while some seem to really believe it's "the most wonderful time of the year" - kind of like there are people who think that Disneyland is the "happiest place on Earth". (I think there's a large overlap in the later groups... for them, Christmas at Disneyland must be the closest thing to an ecstatic experience...) Then there are those of us - and there are many - who have a complex relationship with the holiday. I come from a non-religious background, wi...