Renaissance Dad: The Ghost of Christmas Music Present Look out, Dad’s about to go a little Scrooge here. I have a holiday season complaint. No, I’m not going to moan about Starbucks cups. No, it’s not about saying Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas. People were drinking coffee from agnostic cups and saying “Happy Holidays” long before these were weapons in the War on Christmas. I’m not going to rant about the holiday decorations that went up in October. I have bigger things to complain about. Namely… Two of the six presets on our radio switched to Christmas music on November 1. This means that one-sixth of the year is nothing but Christmas music. This means “Santa Baby” will play for more than 2,000 minutes – on a single radio station before New Year’s. I’m a bit of a music snob who listens to WMNF and insists on talking about bands you’ve never heard of. But I like Christmas music – at Christmas. My kids like other sta-
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MONICA KILE
By Jon Kile
Jon Kile, enjoying some holiday music with his daughter in December... as Santa intended.
theGabber.com | December 16, 2021 - December 22, 2021
