As mentioned in a previous year , it is not time for Christmas music yet. Rather than to launch into a complaint about this, I will instead give a little longer list of songs that you can listen to right now. You can switch to Christmas songs after your Thanksgiving meal. There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays - It doesn't mention Christmas at all. In fact, it highlights pumpkin pie: a traditional Thanksgiving dessert Jingle Bells - This was written as a Thanksgiving song Sleigh Ride - Some students tried to convince me yesterday that any song with a sleigh is a Christmas song since Santa has a sleigh. You know who else has a sleigh? Jadis, the White Witch from Narnia. It means nothing. That's how you travel in the snow. I've Got Plenty to be Thankful For - From Holiday Inn , the same show that gave us White Christmas. I can't fully endorse the movie as it has some scenes that were considered appropriate by some people at the time (they were never approp...
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