When you are forced to listen to Christmas music for weeks on end up until the actual event, you become quite familiar with the songs. So familiar that you cannot help but hate a lot of them. Much of the festive trash played on the radio gets on my nerves but one stinker stands out from them all. It's called "Christmas Shoes". Some of you may have already heard it (you have my sympathy) but for those who haven't, allow me to explain: An exhausted Christmas shopper who is "not really in the Christmas mood" is standing impatiently in line at a store on Christmas Eve. The man spots a child who is "dirty from head to toe" ahead of him holding a pair of ladies shoes. As the boy is in the process of buying the shoes with a pile of pennies, he conveniently mentions to the clerk that they are for his mother whose going to "meet Jesus tonight". The clerk informs the boy that he hasn't enough money so the boy turns to the grumpy man behind him and asks for some money. The foolish man gives the boy the money and in the process is reminded of the true meaning of Christmas. Listen to it below and then decide for yourself the true meaning of the song:
I don't know about you but everything about this song rubs me the wrong way. Did you enjoy it?
2 comments:
Sir I wanna buy a gun...
Yep, another really pathetic attempt ot define Christmas. The weather outside is frightful.
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