{"id":7841,"date":"2018-12-24T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=7841"},"modified":"2018-12-23T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T00:25:37","slug":"ban-on-christmas-carols-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=7841","title":{"rendered":"Ban on Christmas Carols to Come"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After call ins from listeners of Cleveland radio station WDOK, the song,\u00a0Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>was banned because according to them, “the song\u2019s lyrics hadn\u2019t aged well amid the #MeToo<\/strong> movement.” However, following the ban, national newspaper, USA Today<\/strong> had an article by a self-describes liberal feminist who thinks the song is actually empowering to females. While I understand the spirit in which the song was banned, I\u2019m concerned that our focus on political correctness once again has gone too far. But I know it\u2019s not going to stop, so here is some foreshadowing of banned Christmas carols to come.<\/p>\n

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names<\/em><\/p>\n

They never let poor Rudolph play in any reindeer games<\/em><\/p>\n

While it must take a better imagination than mine to fathom \u2018reindeer games\u2019, this is clearly an example of bullying by Donner, Blitzen and the other shiftless reindeer who were planning to strike on Christmas Eve due to fog.\u00a0 It\u2019s not until a practical use for Rudolph\u2019s shiny proboscis is found that he\u2019s finally accepted. You won’t be hearing this song for too much longer.<\/p>\n

And what about I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus<\/em>?<\/strong>\u00a0Ostensibly this is a song from a small \"\"<\/a>child\u2019s perspective who sneaks down on Christmas Eve to see if he can catch a glimpse of Santa.\u00a0 He gets more than a glimpse; he sees his mother kissing and tickling Santa\u00a0 as she is clearly coming on to him. In the song the small lad questions whether he should tell his father. What a position to put a young child in. And what opinion does this child take away about Santa Claus? Is he doing this in every house with other Mommies? Is it really better to be naughty than nice?\u00a0 Don’t plan on hearing much of this song in the future.<\/p>\n

Gramma Got Run Over By A Reindeer<\/em><\/strong> is a classic case of a homicidal hit-and-run by Santa (probably hustling to get to that next house to kiss more Mommies) and irresponsibility by the entire family.<\/p>\n

She’d been drinkin’ too much eggnog and we’d begged her not to go
\nBut she’d left her medication so she stumbled out the door into the snow<\/em><\/p>\n

Really?!? The family is letting an elderly woman go out on a cold winter\u2019s night on Christmas Eve to walk home to get her medication after she\u2019s been drinking? The song goes on to describe an unremorseful Grandpa, who is playing cards, watching football and drinking beer after his wife was found the next morning murdered by Santa. I wonder if WDOK is still playing this song!!<\/p>\n

Do You Hear What I Hear<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 this holiday standard openly pokes fun at the elderly, who rarely can hear what everyone else hears \u2013 so they make a song about it?!<\/p>\n

Christmas Don\u2019t Be Late<\/em><\/strong> by the Chipmunks<\/strong> tries to be a song for little children, but the constant screaming at and berating of Alvin (Who is clearly ADD), and the lack of diversity amongst the chipmunk (they are all the same color) clearly sends the wrong message to our youth.<\/p>\n

And speaking of diversity, I\u2019m assuming I don\u2019t need to elaborate on the political incorrectness of the lyric I\u2019m Dreaming of a White Christmas<\/em><\/strong>. And God forbid when we get to the bottom of what Fa La La La La<\/em><\/strong> and Rum Pa Pum Pum<\/em><\/strong> really mean; I\u2019ll think we\u2019ll have another couple of songs on the \u2018Do Not Play\u2019<\/strong> list.<\/p>\n

The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/em><\/strong> is certainly a song for and about the privileged. While many families struggle to make ends meet during the holidays, this song describes numerous, insidious gifts lavished on a \u2018true love\u2019. It\u2019s been estimated that to give someone the gifts mentioned in this song would cost over $35,000.\u00a0\u00a0 By itself nine ladies dancing is about $7,500, if they are lap dances, much more!<\/p>\n

Also be ready for the changing of the title of Frosty the Snowman<\/em><\/strong> to Frosty the Snowperson<\/em><\/p>\n

Please understand that this is just the beginning; we have yet to examine those \u2018foreign\u2019 Christmas songs like Adeste Fideles, Feliz Navidad <\/em>and Mele Kalikimaka<\/em><\/strong>; I\u2019m fairly certain that a politically correct translation of these songs will reveal their inappropriateness as well.<\/p>\n

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