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To: retrokitten; cupcakes

Silent Night has to be the most difficult Cristmas Carol to secularize. There is a referrence to Christ in every verse.


224 posted on 12/08/2004 11:45:10 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9

Yes, exactly. Like trying to secularize "O Holy Night" (my personal favorite carol).

What cracks me up are the ads on TV with all the Christmas decorations and people acting like they are celebrating Christmas, but they play a regular pop song instead of even the crappiest carol. I mentioned on another thread Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World". So not a Christmas carol but in ads for Target and the Gap.


227 posted on 12/08/2004 11:51:17 AM PST by retrokitten (Do you want to hear the horrifying truth or see me hit a few zingers??)
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To: presidio9

Agreed. She did her best though I guess to remove what she could so she wouldn't just be singing Silent Night over and over again. Makes me so glad my daughter is in our church's school. She not only will be singing silent night at their program, but in German no less. What a treat! There was a time, not necessarily for a program, that I remember learning that in a PUBLIC SCHOOL. I don't remember it being for religious reasons either. Teachers thought it was a good excuse for us little ones to learn a little German both language and culture. We'd sing O Tannenbaum too. Off topic a bit, just hit me last night as my little one was practicing for her school program.


323 posted on 12/09/2004 8:23:52 AM PST by cupcakes
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