Christmas Music

Warning: This post is more of a rant than any real organized though. But then again, what is the purpose of a blog than an unorganized rant?

Well, it is that time of year already. The Christmas decorations are out and the Christmas music is on the radio. In St. Louis, two stations have their formats changed for all Christmas music all the time. In fact, I picked up the Il Divo Christmas CD today at Target, however it pales in comparison to Jon Garrett: To Find Love There. (Jon, I really do like your CD, but I would like the three dollar advertising fee in small, unmarked, non-sequential bills) I ventured away from my usual radio listening today and went back and forth from one Christmas station to another. They played the classics, and new renditions of the classics. I heard things like Deck the Halls, I'll Be Home For Christmas, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. After listening between the two stations for about twenty or so minutes I noticed a similarity in all the songs, other than they were Christmas songs, of course. None of them mentioned Jesus, with the exception of one. That one was Silent Night by Taylor Swift, which is up there in my book with Stevie Nicks version of Silent Night as the worst renditions of any Christmas song ever, and I wish I hadn't heard it to be honest with you, just didn't do Silent Night justice. Anyway, back to my original rant.

First off, I do not wish to demonize or otherwise criticize secular Christmas music. All of the songs mentioned above (except for the Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks slaughtering of Silent Night) are good songs and are most likely some of your favorites, as they are mine. It's just that we need to remember what Christmas is all about.

About 2000 or so years ago, God sent His only son to Earth not only in the form of a mortal human, but as a mere child born not amongst kings but amongst livestock. Born not in a palace fit for a king, but in a stable built for the animals. He came into this world as a perfect creation with the knowledge that he would die a gruesome death so that anyone who believes in Him and puts their faith and trust in Him will not suffer the penalty for sin, but be united with God and Christ forever.

No matter what music you listen to this Christmas, whether that be religious Christmas, secular Christmas, not Christmas at all, or even the abomination that is Silent Night by Taylor Swift or Stevie Nicks, just keep in mind what Christmas is about.

Amen.

P.S.: For more on this subject, visit the post that started the worldwide craze: Christmas in August.