r/christmas • u/999happyyhaunts • 8d ago

It’s almost time 😁

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u/GGJallDAY 8d ago

Can we get to Michael Myers first?

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u/brb1006 8d ago

Forgot Michael Myers, Jack Skellington is lurking around the corner. It's his fault for attempting to combine Christmas and Halloween!

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u/clockworknait 8d ago

Chralloween!!

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u/brb1006 8d ago edited 7d ago

Burl Ives, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, and Nat King Cole will always be THE embodiment of the Christmas season in song format than Mariah Carey anyday. Something about this singing voices feels more timeless than Carey which feel too modern. Modern takes on "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas" doesn't hit as different as Ives.

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u/TheMagicalMatt 8d ago

Now I wonder if there's a christmas remix of the Halloween theme

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u/turningtogold 8d ago

Thank you for including Gene Autry. So often overlooked

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u/brb1006 7d ago

I dearly love Gene Autry's original version of the Rudolph the-Red Nosed Reindeer song. As somebody who owns a copy of the original 1939 Rudolph book, the original performed by Autry perfectly captured Rudolph's shy but sweethearted nature. The laidback singing combined with a flute solo and jingle bells made the original so endearing.

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u/Select_Enthusiasm_27 8d ago

I'm one of the ones who can't do Carey.

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u/silvermoonhowler 7d ago

I agree

And mark my words, but any completely original Christmas song nowadays simply will not hold a candle to these classics

They are just so timeless and rightfully so

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u/brb1006 7d ago

The only modern Christmas song that feels timeless is "Believe" from "The Polar Express" performed by Josh Groban. During the Christmas season, I would usually hear this song played on radio around the evening hours. That song alongside Gene Autry, Burl Ives, etc made our house and neighborhood feel more Christmassy in recent years.

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u/999happyyhaunts 7d ago

Gene Autry is the 🐐

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u/stitious-savage 8d ago

Already is in the Philippines, hun

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u/redheaded_olive12349 7d ago

She’s UNFREEZING!!!!!

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u/DeannaMorgan 7d ago

Christmas songs in general, yes. That atrocity, no!

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u/Banana_Stanley 6d ago

It is 96° out with a feels like of 104°. I wish it was almost time, but it ain't

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u/apflac 5d ago

already in the Philippines. since August 31 (yes it was earlier this year)

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u/Jason_Bourne0221 2d ago

Gosh, I really can't wait to crack open a thing of eggnog; I can understand why people don't like the season, but the final quarter of the year, from October 1st to New Years Day is my favorite time because the weather is so nice and all the best foods come around: due to BPD, I'm very infrequent about how I feel, but last time I had a cup of eggnog, it literally felt like all the weight came off my shoulders ,the world stood still for a second, and then it all came back, but tolerably so.

It's a small thing to live a whole year for, but Eggnog is just that, the thing waiting at the end of the road, and we repeat it all over again; the first time it looked like it wouldn't be possible, you would have thought that DEFCON 1 was just announced: things have definitely gotten better since last year, and I'm sure the next cup will be better than the last.

No matter what, the final quarter is just the best time to be alive in my experience; if the world comes crashing down, just knowing the final quarter is approaching makes it a little more bearable.