Tuesday, December 13, 2022
“Sign My Petition, Please…”
Yikes! It’s the “Twelve Days of Christmas!”. No, not really. The “Twelve Days of Christmas” doesn’t begin until Christmas Day. Thank the LORD! That means all versions and manipulations of the cursed “Twelve Days” should go away until after Christmas. Then, those folks who took the risk to make and record the song can listen while the rest of us change our radio dials back to our pre-Holiday favorite channels.
How often do folks change their radio stations when the “Twelve Days of Christmas” begins? My guess is that the ratio is very high, and if the radio folks would ask the rest of us, they would probably ban the song (and every form of the song thereof) and purge it from their computers and programming devices.
Granted, for years the highest-rated, worst Holiday song has been “Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer.” To endure that song, one must listen for over three minutes. The “Twelve Days,” however, is at least four minutes (depending on how long they wish to prolong our agony), thereby increasing one’s suffering for that much longer. No thanks. Personally, I’d choose to be stampeded by reindeer for three minutes rather than listen to someone sing about the partridge, twelve times in succession, for well over four minutes.
But, alas, I know I will lose this battle and I admit defeat. Since I can’t cry over my failed attempt to ban the “Twelve Days” from Christmas airwaves, I might as well laugh. After all, this week’s
Christmas theme is Joy and I should be kind. Someone spent lots of time and energy writing the “Twelve Days”, thinking that the rest of us would enjoy it… wait, there’s a new thought. As much time was invested into the song, the LORD spent much more time and energy providing Christmas.
Thank you, God, for Christmas Joy! Now, if you’ll please excuse me for a moment, I need to help the dancing ladies. Those angry-calling birds are chasing them around the parking lot.
“You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!” (Isaiah 55:12, NLT)