Friday, December 10, 2010

Christmas niceness

Let's face it. If you know me you know I don't cast any illusions about my feelings towards Christmas. If I didn't have a family I'd probably sit it out altogether in outright protest.

Dispite my disdain, a couple of things have happened this week to keep me in a good enough mood to keep from going out and begining a christmassacre.

I got a Christmas card today from Magician Lance Burton! Seriously, that's a nice surprise. It was fun last year to get a letter from him responding to my own, and a Christmas card around the same time. I figured That would be it, but apparentl I'm on his Christmas card list. I think that's kind of nice.

It also seems that some people have noticed me listing to my normal Christmas fare - "A Santa Cause - a Punk Rock Christmas" Reliant K "Let it snow, let it reindeer" and "Punk Goes Jolly" because I was recently handed "Twisted Christmas". I didn't know Twisted Sister ever did a Christmas album....

Oh my GOD it's so good.

Seriously. I don't usually listen to Twisted Sister - It's not really a like or dislike issue, It just never occurred to me to seek out any of their music. I threw this on the iPod just for a lark. I figured there would be some intentional comedy in it...but man, this is REALLY good. I can't believe how much I like this album. Hearing Dee Snyder do "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" gives me flashes of listening to Michael Sweet do "Oh Holy Night". Seriously, why do we feel like we HAVE to listen to christmas carols as sung by Pat Boone? I don't listen to Neil Diamond during the rest of the year and I resent being told I have to listen to him all December and most of freaking November just because it's Christmas music. I live in the 2010 and I'd really prefer to listen to 21st century music!

And also some Twisted Sister now.....