The War On Seasonal Bops

Christmas music has a bad rep. This opinion could totally be mine and the rest of this post might mean nothing to you because of that but I stand by what I said. Working in a drugstore, I have found myself constantly in a wee purgatory solely due to the music. Some of the songs that play are so damn obnoxious and you hope that whatever playlist the store loops will at least only play each song once by the time your shift is over, but no. There have been days that I swear the exact same song played twice in a row. If not that, I have definitely heard some repeat up to three times in one shift. I’ll just be minding my own business, stocking shelves when some high-pitched-strained-sounding woman screeches,
 “I’M BROKEN AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL!” And she repeats this like four times, just yelling this mantra. “I’M BROKEN AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL, I’M BROKEN AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL, I’M BROKEN AND IT’S BEAUTIFUUUUUUUUL!!!” 
I am just trying to put boxes of pads in the correct location, and now I’m questioning the stupidity of these lyrics because this woman keeps assaulting my ears with them. Now this song in particular, I have a special kind of beef with, but there are so many others that are like this. This constant repeat of weird tunes, empty lyrics, random volume change just torments me for eight hours. So this is why I very much enjoy the moment Christmas music comes about. Yes, I know, there are a lot of irritating Christmas songs that make you want to tear your hair out. However, the ratio of mind-numbing songs to this-is-fine songs favors the latter significantly more with Christmas songs than it does rest-of-the-year ones.
I found that with Christmas music, there are a great deal of chill, jazzy tunes, gentle melodies, and sweet, calming songs. The infuriating batch that I think we all associate with the “Christmas music is bad” title are few and far between when you really listen for it. Tragically, we won’t be able to test this theory until next year because I wrote this a week later but come that time, you’ll see what I mean. Having music playing in the background is far better than no music at all even if what you’re forced to hear is garbage, so silence is not something I would ask for. But I definitely do look forward to the December months for those cheerful Christmas tunes to relieve me of the fricken song mentioned above.
I think too, that I enjoy these seasonal melodies so much more because they remind me of the holidays when I was a child. I always get such a rush of nostalgia because the songs I listen to now are the same ones that played on the radio a decade ago. Back then, I would be on the living room floor with my mum and sister and we’d be listening to those same tunes whilst signing Christmas cards and crafting tree ornaments from scratch that left glitter and sequins embedded in the carpet. Every year when I hear Christmas music play, my mind takes me back to that memory and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Christmas as a child was far more exciting and enjoyable compared to that as an adult so having something to revive that happy, magical charm that graced the most chaotic season is highly welcomed. If I can survive on the bliss of nostalgia for a few months then I’m not complaining, even if some of that bliss is annoying as hell.