Worthless Reflections: Christmas Carols
Doesn't it seem odd how many Chirstmas carols make you question the values we are teaching today's youth? If not.. maybe it should.. Ironically, it seems that the nostalgic children's Christmas songs are the culprit of what I am speaking.. For some strange reason, I believe that the true intention of the lyricists of the children's songs was to distort the youth's morals..Notice how these themes are not apparent in the adult or church songs..
There are many themes which seem apparent thoughout the holiday season, and over the weekend during one of my ten hour shifts at the lovely Dunkin Donuts(R), I got a chance to listen to many of these over and over again..not volutarily I might add..(the radio is locked away in the managers office and that particular weekend was "Christmas weekend" on the Good-Times Oldies Station)..
Anyway.. as I heard the song, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for the twenty-third time, I listened carefully to one of the lines.."what a laugh it would have been, if Daddy had seen mommy kissing Santa Claus..".. and I thought to myself.. what a morbid little wretch this child must be.. If my Daddy saw Mommy and Santa Claus necking, there would be some serious blood being spilt beneath the mistletoe.. One also comes to recognize that this particular tune is not about a little reunion between Moomy and Santa, but an adulterous fling between the two already married people....Now, don't say to me, "Malachite?..have you no brain?.. Santa was Daddy dressed up in a St. Nick costume!" ..because I am well aware of this, but a little person of such an age might not be. I mean, who could have known that, if they still believed in the little fat man?..
Another Christmas carol which comes to mind when speaking of discouraging themes is "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer". Here we see that conformity is the key to success(which is not always true) and even if you are "special", it is okay for others to take advantage of you.. If you think about it, Santa would be in quite a fix if Rudolph hadn't agreed to the one-sided proposition. This also seems to poke fun at the handicap's limited mental capacity.. Rudolph got nothing out of the deal yet he still agreed, unknowing that his efforts would only gain him a couple comments about his possible historical fame.. Something else worth noting is the concept of non-individuality. All the reindeer only liked Rudolph when Santa liked him, thus stating that popularity is key, because like the outcast elf who wanted to become a dentist, any reindeer would have been discouraged from and possibly cast out if they had the will to comfort the freak in his time of sadness...
"Frosty, The Snowman", encompasses the whole pathetic nature of Chirstmas in its own right.. Children believe in a thumping snowman who can talk, but cannot exist.. The parents pamper this untruth and the children eventually grow up and are subject to much ridicule and persecution.. Again we see magick as a key element for the explanation of improbable curiousities which occur during the story.. A false sense of hope is left at the end of the song when Frosty dies and tell the children that he'll be back again someday.. The children find that they are disappointed when they grow up, just like everything else in life, and may become suicidal as their psychological stability diminishes....
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" is fairly minor in it's glamourization of insidious acts.. The one most apparent in this melody is blackmail.. If you're not good, Santa won't give you any gifts.. This however is self-defeating. What if a family were poor and a good child heard this song and didn't recieve any gifts? Won't he think he was bad or something and keep trying and trying each year only to find himself discouraged and suicidal?..Also, what if a child were really naughty and he still receives gifts because the parents are too nice to teach the disrespecting kid a lesson.. Won't the kid push his limits each year and still receive gifts.. allowing for room to become naughtier and naughtier until he winds up in jail?
If we take a look at the gifts given in the song entitled, "Up On The Housetop", we see a huge possiblity for children to act unsuspectingly in a symbolic attempt to recreate the crucifixion.. Here we see Will as the leader of the Roman Empire and Nell's dollie as the Christ himself.. Let's start at the begining.. Santa brings Nell a Doll that can laugh and cry and can open shut its eyes(clearly Satanic).. Will the Roman, at about Easter time, see this Doll as a threat to his own well-being.. Will takes his Hammer and tacks that he just received and builds a cross.. Before nailing the Doll to it, he takes his whip that cracks and beats the doll around a little bit. ... Here we see an obvious underlying message that the creator of this song was trying to convey.. He was clearly Anti-Christian and believed that Jesus Christ should have been dead only a short time from his birth.. Approx. three months later... instead of the 30 some-odd years that actually past before Jesus' death..
In conclusion, I feel that Christmas caroling is an act of Anti-Benevolence, and those who do it are not actually spreading joy, but pain and distress to the already dwindling psychological upkeep of the world..
Do you see it my way?...4amity@iconn.net
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