TubularBelle
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Posted: Dec. 08 2005, 17:29 |
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Don't know either of those songs you mention Bee, but I suppose one good thing about artists doing Xmas songs is that you might get the opportunity to hear them when you otherwise might not, like on Xmas albums etc. I have never bought one in my life and I wouldn't but you still get to hear them on the radio or in stores etc. I've never even heard of Greg Lake, has he had any hits that I might recognise, and I only know Chris de Burghs Lady in Red but I imagine he can do some pretty nice ballads.
But I have to agree that Xmas is not automatically a happy time. I don't want to turn this into a negative discussion, but this time of year has the highest suicide rate of any other. It is a time to enjoy your family so if you don't have any......! I have two sisters I don't speak to, one for 18 mths, the other for 6 mths, but both contacted me last week, one by email, the other left a message on my phone. While their timing surprised me, only two days apart, it was not by sheer coincidense but because it is that time of year when we think about family. That should be a good thing but it has actually caused me some stress as I have not responded and I am now responsible for the 'silence' when it was both of them who chose to sever contact with me in the beginning. I resent that greatly. My mother-in-law has fallen out with members of her family over 2 years ago but just recently (because of a health scare) she can't stop crying. When I invited her over for Xmas, she bawled saying we were all she has left, gee thanks, not sure how to take that! And Xmas can be stressfull even for the most well organised and happiest families, thank God we have those 'often' ghastly Xmas tunes to take our minds off the other stuff and just laugh at it all!!
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I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day!
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