here in Denmark we are celebrating christmas with presents and roasted duck, on the evening of dec. 24th (not celebrating the morning of dec. 25th).

most danes are celebrating christmas from 1st sunday of advent (around the 28th of november), the december month - until the 1st of january, the christmas tree for example is thrown out of the house just before january 1st.

Some shops are beginning to sell christmas presents and are showing christmas adds on TV and elsewhere from the mid of october, unfortunately.

thedance said:

here in Denmark we are celebrating christmas with presents and roasted duck, on the evening of dec. 24th (not celebrating the morning of dec. 25th).

most danes are celebrating christmas from 1st sunday of advent (around the 28th of november), the december month - until the 1st of january, the christmas tree for example is thrown out of the house just before january 1st.

Some shops are beginning to sell christmas presents and are showing christmas adds on TV and elsewhere from the mid of october, unfortunately.

Yeah a lot of place in the US are starting in late october early november

This year I could appreciate a bit more, because time seems to be moving so fast

I know a lot of people and certain cultures that open presents on Christmas Eve the 24th

It goes accoring to peoples traditions and needs etc

My buddy and his immediate family ie father and siblings celebrated this Tuesday the 27th because they were all scattered for the 25th, so present opening and family gather for them was the 27th

"I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause...

underneath the mistletoe last night...."

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause is a CLASSIC Christmas song and it is sung AFTER Christmas also.

So yes, Another Lonely Christmas counts as a Christmas song.

Christmas songs can be about was happened on Christmas Day in the past tense as long as its theme or subject matter is surrounded around the Christmas holiday.

Another Lonely Christmas is about a young lover who dies on Christmas and she is missed....

yes, it counts.

paintedlady said:

"I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause...

underneath the mistletoe last night...."

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause is a CLASSIC Christmas song and it is sung AFTER Christmas also.

So yes, Another Lonely Christmas counts as a Christmas song.

Christmas songs can be about was happened on Christmas Day in the past tense as long as its theme or subject matter is surrounded around the Christmas holiday.

Another Lonely Christmas is about a young lover who dies on Christmas and she is missed....

yes, it counts.

Ugh... at the risk of getting bogged down in this thread I don't give a shit about again....

Actually, I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause would apply to Christmas day, since Santa shows up on Christmas Eve.

Another Lonely Christmas, however, applies to December 26.

Christmas is over.

errant said:

paintedlady said:

"I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause...

underneath the mistletoe last night...."

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause is a CLASSIC Christmas song and it is sung AFTER Christmas also.

So yes, Another Lonely Christmas counts as a Christmas song.

Christmas songs can be about was happened on Christmas Day in the past tense as long as its theme or subject matter is surrounded around the Christmas holiday.

Another Lonely Christmas is about a young lover who dies on Christmas and she is missed....

yes, it counts.

Ugh... at the risk of getting bogged down in this thread I don't give a shit about again....

Actually, I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause would apply to Christmas day, since Santa shows up on Christmas Eve.

Another Lonely Christmas, however, applies to December 26.

Christmas is over.

regardless... the theme of the song centers around Christmas Day, since he was lonely Christmas DAY and missing his lover. So that makes it a Christmas song.

Just like songs about "frosty the snowman" n shit...there's no mention of "Christams DAY" in that song either.

this thread has evolved into a better thing than I expected

errant said:

errant said:

paintedlady said:

"I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause...

underneath the mistletoe last night...."

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause is a CLASSIC Christmas song and it is sung AFTER Christmas also.

So yes, Another Lonely Christmas counts as a Christmas song.

Christmas songs can be about was happened on Christmas Day in the past tense as long as its theme or subject matter is surrounded around the Christmas holiday.

Another Lonely Christmas is about a young lover who dies on Christmas and she is missed....

yes, it counts.

Ugh... at the risk of getting bogged down in this thread I don't give a shit about again....

Actually, I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause would apply to Christmas day, since Santa shows up on Christmas Eve.

Another Lonely Christmas, however, applies to December 26.

Christmas is over.

Errant... give it up. U keep coming back yet you say you don't give a _ just stop responding

It's not going to be locked

So now that Christmas is still not over (if you're Church of England or whatever) are we still arguing about whether the sky is blue... I mean whether this song constitutes a Christmas song?

The actual post was "Prince never wrote a song for Xmas". Well, ignoring the ignorance in using X instead of Christ, I don't think we'll ever be able to answer this unless Prince tells us himself.

It is a song about Christmas, that is certain, but whether it was written for Christmas is another matter.

And then we have the debate about "when" Christmas is (fuck me this gets anal). Well over here in ol' Blighty we consider Christmas to be either a) when the shops start selling festive goods and it's December, or b) from Christmas Eve and then following the Twelve Days of Christmas (5th Jan?). Generally it's a bit of both. We all want to sing carols by the fire with knitted jumpers, glasses of sherry and rosy cheeks and later attend Midnight Mass but in all fucking reality we're just checking our Sky Planners and hoping we get a PS3 or win the Christmas fucking Lotto.

In all honesty though it feels like it's all fucking over by Boxing Day, despite the fact that the "sales" have started: but nobody wants to see another fucking turkey, eat another mince pie, unwrap another Quality Street in their whole fucking life or be bothered to put the "Christmas songs" on. And woe betide any fucker that wants to be so miserable as to suggest that we take the Christmas decorations down!!! Ebeneezer Scrooge! There's still fucking needles left on that tree!

PS: My New Year's Resolution (which is a first I must admit) is to no longer say fuck, fucking, fucked or fucker. Fuckeroo and fuckeroonies are also banned. The only time I may use them is if they are in context or part of a song. So, for instance, I am excused if I say, "Let's go to bed wife, 'cause I seriously wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth." Now with this in mind I have found a loophole as I never said I couldn't type or write the word. So I'm excused.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your bellies have grown as fat as mine!

A couple of people have asked what word I'm substituting in its place. I tell them, "cunt". It's raised eyebrows.

errant said:

There's nothing specific to Christmas about the song except that she died on Christmas day and that he spent another Christmas alone. She could have just as easily died on Thanksgiving or New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day or President's Day the way he presents it.

Just like White christmas also could have been sung about other dates. You can dream about a white President's day.

or might there be something special about a white christmas, or spending that specific day alone?

remko said:

errant said:

There's nothing specific to Christmas about the song except that she died on Christmas day and that he spent another Christmas alone. She could have just as easily died on Thanksgiving or New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day or President's Day the way he presents it.

Just like White christmas also could have been sung about other dates. You can dream about a white President's day.

or might there be something special about a white christmas, or spending that specific day alone?

is it something special about him spending Christmas alone or that it happens to be the anniversary of the day his girlfriend died?

uuhson said:

i dont know about you people, but i cant stand christmas music. maybe the real old original tunes, but other than that i wouldnt mind if no one made a christmas song ever again

- Me too

errant said:

remko said:

Just like White christmas also could have been sung about other dates. You can dream about a white President's day.

or might there be something special about a white christmas, or spending that specific day alone?

is it something special about him spending Christmas alone or that it happens to be the anniversary of the day his girlfriend died?

It is something special about him spending Christmas alone because it is the day his girlfriend died while in general people tend to spend this day/these day with friends and relatives.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

rdhull said:

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

salty pretzels and Light Coke = PARADISE!!

JoeTyler said:

rdhull said:

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

salty pretzels and Light Coke = PARADISE!!

...by the dashboard light....

rdhull said:

JoeTyler said:

salty pretzels and Light Coke = PARADISE!!

...by the dashboard light....

and a blowjob?

JoeTyler said:

rdhull said:

...by the dashboard light....

and a blowjob?

sure, why not?

remko said:

errant said:

is it something special about him spending Christmas alone or that it happens to be the anniversary of the day his girlfriend died?

It is something special about him spending Christmas alone because it is the day his girlfriend died while in general people tend to spend this day/these day with friends and relatives.

but they don't do that on Thanksgiving, New Year's or Easter or Labor Day?

as I said previously, I think of this is as a Christmas song. however, there is a case to be made for it not really being one, considering it is not about the birth of Christ, the season, or the spirit generally associated with Christmas.

it could just as easily have been written about a girl who died on Arbor Day for all that he references any of the trappings contained within Christmas music. I imagine spending Arbor Day alone would weigh heavily on his mind if his girl had died that day the year before.

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errant said:

There's nothing specific to Christmas about the song except that she died on Christmas day and that he spent another Christmas alone. She could have just as easily died on Thanksgiving or New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day or President's Day the way he presents it.

This is true, then it would become a ___ holiday song

Many artist make songs about life during Christmas like Another Lonely Christmas

People become meloncholy or sad or depressed or happy because of events surrounding Christmas

There are many songs that are about missing someone on Christmas, it's a Christmas song, just like Another Lonely Christmas

Bill Cosby did a song called Merry Christmas Momma, it's about sex on Christmas, it's a Christmas song

Christmas song tidbits:

Jingle Bells is actually a song about Thanksgiving(like that song that goes 'Over the river and thru the woods to Grandmothers house we goo..',