It dawned on me today that nearly all of the many Christmas selections I've listened to from my own collection are about the solemnity of the holiday. I've listened to multiple renditions of "The First Noel," "Away In A Manger," and "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear," for instance. Subconsciously, I think I've reasoned that I've already heard Bobby Helms singing "Jingle Bell Rock" or Andy Williams belting out "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" repeatedly, as they're the two Christmas tunes I've heard most on KEZK and KLOU so far this season. Still, at the pace I'm going, I'll have heard all of the solemn, reverential Christmas carols in my collection before Christmas Day. At this rate, I'll be acknowledging Christ's birth with The Ventures tearing into their guitars on "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" or America singing "Frosty The Snowman" with a more contemporary feel than the tune usually receives. Nothing wrong with that, of course...Still, the occasion calls for something more reverential...Wait a minute...
...I've got it. Dan Fogelberg's "The First Christmas Morning." I haven't played that yet. There's the appropriate degree of reverence needed for December 25...I've solved this problem that isn't really a problem.
