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Dispatches from the War on Christmas Music
Popular Christmas music is stuck in a time loop, but we shouldn’t discard an entire genre of music built on goodwill and elegant pop structures. With a little digging and a lot of nostalgia, we can all appreciate Christmas music of yesterday and today. These are some dispatches from the front lines of the war on Christmas music.
Scott D. Elingburg is a freelance journalist who writes for several music publications and newspapers, including Stereo Subversion, where he is an editor. He is also a software quality assurance engineer, a job that is not nearly as exciting as it sounds. His favorite Christmas song is “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” because it’s in 3/8 time.
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December 21, 2015Dispatches from the War on Christmas Music: “There Are Powerful Things in the World”: Low Bring the ’90s to a Delicate End With a Christmas EP
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December 16, 2015Dispatches from the War on Christmas Music: Golden Years and Young Americans: Bing Meets Bowie
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December 7, 2015Dispatches from the War on Christmas Music: Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas — Vince Guaraldi, Miles Davis, and LFO Walk Into a Bar
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November 30, 2015Dispatches from the War on Christmas Music: An Exercise in Inescapability: Follow the Christmastime Nostalgia Trail
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