so many

Sentiments wishing this year over.   Uh... Do viruses or moderate to severe dumbassness know what day it is?

Way FM

We need a little Christmas now

107.9

Pretty sure this is the station that had 24-hour Christmas music and has now returned to stuff from 20 years ago. I think that's a good marketing scheme, because there are probably a lot of people who are ready to return to regular programming and leave Christmas music behind, who are used to having it on 107.9 for Christmas music! So maybe they've earned themselves some year-round listeners.

Michael Tyler

Feels like Joy. I don't remember it before, wonder if it's new this year or last. Or if I just don't remember itSounds like those types of songs that are trying to be simple for Christmas but don't have the soaring melodies of carols. Or the cutting edge rock and roll that has become retro. So, not It came upon him midnight clear, not the easy jazzness of winter wonderland or let it snow or chestnuts, and not Rock around The Christmas Tree or Mariah Carey or Ronettes.

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I've heard this one a lot this year. This old fashioned version, maybe Bing Crosby. But of course Johnny Mathis and Dionne Warwick and a few others. I don't know if the one that I've heard the most often from my childhood was played this year or not.  Hard to hear this after Christmas and on the Christian radio station but nobody thinks about this as much as I do. Followed up by Night before Christmas by some Christian singer.  Excuse me, some singer of Christian music.

The First Noel

Josh Groban and Faith Hill, this arrangement has problems with the difference between the straight melody and the grace notes, with excellent phrasing and excellent work between the two of them here and there. Maybe they should not dramatic it up until a little later in the song? I don't know, their styles are certainly different but I don't know why that should be a problem. Rather that might be the point.  Choir in the background and that part where it goes down when it just should have gone up is very interesting. I'd like to see what else this arranger has done with those interesting choices under their belt. Then I Wonder Where I Wander with a choir.

Bing Crosby

One current relevant thing, which is White Christmas from the man who was the premier star of the 30s and 40s. Vanessa Williams some children see him. Would that be one of the last Christmas songs this season?