Christmas Caroling....Day 9

Behold...the turntable!  I miss records!  I love that staticy sound of the needle on the vinyl and remember how funny it would sound when it skipped?  This song is nothing but pure Christmas fluff.  There is no deep theology or symbolic metaphors attached to it....it's just FUN! 

This particular version makes me think of a simpler time....maybe even a happier time in American life.  Soda fountains...girls in pony tails...boys in their letterman jackets...ladies wearing hats and gloves just to go to the grossery store...daddies changing into cardigan sweaters to relax after supper with the newspaper.  Idealistic?  Perhaps, but that's ok...you see, that's the power of music.  This is how it speaks to me...you might have a different reaction all together.

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