Old Christmas Songs give way to new ones

I am so over old Christmas standards.... Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy even O Holy Night.  Give me new ones and as always ones that have the meaning of love in them.


I am SOOOO Loving "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber right now and the video clip I play over and over again.  A song with a story at Christmas time, what more can a romantic like me ask for?


Christmas has become so very commercial.  I know Christmas is all about the unholy dollar and in 2011 a dollar doesn't go anywhere anymore but I love the idea of spending time with people whether they be family, friends or someone special and knowing that you are enjoying the time you have together.


My favourite Christmas album is N'Sync's "Home For Christmas" out of 15 songs only 3 of them are old standards and I enjoy listening to this album minus the old crappy hymns.



I'm not saying they are terrible just that they have been done to death by every known singer and it's nice when they come up with a lot more new ones.

The same can be said for Christmas movies.  America churn them out every year for the Hallmark Channel and yet here in Australia we get the old standards of Holiday Inn, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and Scrooged.  But when it comes to new movies we are lucky to get one and most of the time they end up being screened in July.


I love watching TV at Christmas but what I do is try and locate a whole heap of enjoyable and romantic movies from my collection or download them and watch these rather than depend of TV Stations in Australia to give us what we don't want.

Let's  complain now and maybe we'll get what we are looking for - a time of eating, enjoying people's company and being with the people we love at this special time of the year.