…and takes over the radio airwaves.
I’m considering writing a letter (okay, an email) to K-LOVE and “The River”–my two sources for “positive and encouraging music” in Austin in which I will tell them that we are not even in Advent yet, much less the Christmas season, so they should stop blaring the 24-7 Christmas music.
Don’t get me wrong: I like positive and encouraging music and have these two contemporary Christian stations programmed into my car radio, but all they play now is Christmas music, and I already know that the day after Christmas is over, they will stop playing it, even though the Octave of Christmas has just begun!
The gift of the liturgical seasons was one of the most delightful to me when I became Catholic. They just make sense, and they are the way that Jesus’ Church remembers and celebrates His life, death, and resurrection. Christmas lasts more than one day, and so does Easter.
Tuesday, 28. November 2006
Amen!! I thought I was the only one who felt that way! Advent hasn’t even started yet and so it just feels strange hearing all the Christmas music… for a while I thought I was just Mr. Scrooge, but then I realized that my heart is tied to the liturgical seasons and so that is why I feel a little confused when I hear the music. My favorite Christmas song is “O Holy Night” and the first time I want to hear it is Christmas Eve! There’s something about preparing for His birth that just makes Christmas that much sweeter! So until then, I think I’ll just have to keep the radio off..probably for the better anyway!