Cobra
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It may be a bit late for this, but Merry X-Mas, anyway.
I've never been a fan of the religious side of Christmas (as I was never raised to be), but at an early age, I fell in love with Christmas music; particularly the ones about family gatherings, giving things, love, etc. I was also a fan of Christmas as a child for obvious reasons, but I don't remember buying the concept of Santa Claus. At least not for long. Not like the sustainability of the Easter Bunny concept (which is much more believable). I was a big fan of him, though, so don't get me wrong! I just enjoyed the mythology and mysticism he brought to the table. Whenever someone would mention Santa, I'd perk my ears up and pretend to believe in him because... let's face it - it was so fun to think about! Some chubby lookin' dude in red who lives in recluse with an army of elves that make things for children for free?! That's zamazing!
But of course, as I grew older (and I think this is true with lots of people), the commercialization of Christmas began to annoy me. The lines and hold-up, the inability to afford a proper way to say I love you to friends and family members, etc. all on top of mountains of ice and snow arresting your ability to drive anywhere and be on time (for you folks who're with me in the midwest US!).
Anyway, I still find that certain Christmas music can bring on the nostalgia. The kind that reminds me of the few good years as a child I had where nothing was wrong with being poor and fantasizing that you were being reverse burglarized by a technically homeless fat man who knew reindeer could fly much straighter than huskies and that slave labor could put smiles on children's faces across the world!
About 3 years ago, my friends' band at the time, Hardly Workin, wrote a Christmas album. They never had a singer (an instrumental mix of rock and roll and punk rock music, it would seem), so whenever they recorded anything, they'd have guest singers. They invited me to write lyrics for and sing one of their original songs. I wrote it up in about an hour and named it Santa Hates Me in homage to the years when my family was so poor that I didn't receive anything for Christmas. They filmed a music video for it, but I didn't feel like getting up at the crack of dawn when it was a couple degrees F below 0, so... Here it is on YouTube, anyway:
YouTube- Santa Hate Me (Hardly Workin' 2006)
Then, although, as it turns out, it's been done before (however, imo, not quite as eloquently as this), they recorded and made a video for It's a Most Wonderful Time to Drink Beer! I didn't make it to this one because I'm a very poor partier. INTP, duh :P Enjoy:
YouTube- most wonderful
And Merry INTP X-Mas, everybody - belated as all hell as a proper INTP X-Mas should be!
I've never been a fan of the religious side of Christmas (as I was never raised to be), but at an early age, I fell in love with Christmas music; particularly the ones about family gatherings, giving things, love, etc. I was also a fan of Christmas as a child for obvious reasons, but I don't remember buying the concept of Santa Claus. At least not for long. Not like the sustainability of the Easter Bunny concept (which is much more believable). I was a big fan of him, though, so don't get me wrong! I just enjoyed the mythology and mysticism he brought to the table. Whenever someone would mention Santa, I'd perk my ears up and pretend to believe in him because... let's face it - it was so fun to think about! Some chubby lookin' dude in red who lives in recluse with an army of elves that make things for children for free?! That's zamazing!
But of course, as I grew older (and I think this is true with lots of people), the commercialization of Christmas began to annoy me. The lines and hold-up, the inability to afford a proper way to say I love you to friends and family members, etc. all on top of mountains of ice and snow arresting your ability to drive anywhere and be on time (for you folks who're with me in the midwest US!).
Anyway, I still find that certain Christmas music can bring on the nostalgia. The kind that reminds me of the few good years as a child I had where nothing was wrong with being poor and fantasizing that you were being reverse burglarized by a technically homeless fat man who knew reindeer could fly much straighter than huskies and that slave labor could put smiles on children's faces across the world!
About 3 years ago, my friends' band at the time, Hardly Workin, wrote a Christmas album. They never had a singer (an instrumental mix of rock and roll and punk rock music, it would seem), so whenever they recorded anything, they'd have guest singers. They invited me to write lyrics for and sing one of their original songs. I wrote it up in about an hour and named it Santa Hates Me in homage to the years when my family was so poor that I didn't receive anything for Christmas. They filmed a music video for it, but I didn't feel like getting up at the crack of dawn when it was a couple degrees F below 0, so... Here it is on YouTube, anyway:
YouTube- Santa Hate Me (Hardly Workin' 2006)
Then, although, as it turns out, it's been done before (however, imo, not quite as eloquently as this), they recorded and made a video for It's a Most Wonderful Time to Drink Beer! I didn't make it to this one because I'm a very poor partier. INTP, duh :P Enjoy:
YouTube- most wonderful
And Merry INTP X-Mas, everybody - belated as all hell as a proper INTP X-Mas should be!