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Bring back schmaltzy songs

19 December 2023

5:30 PM

19 December 2023

5:30 PM

Christmas pop song lyrics play by different rules. Children, food and family togetherness are never mentioned in pop songs from January through November. It would be unthinkable for a non-Christmas pop song released in the last 50 years to mention ‘Children playing having fun’ or God forbid, anything religious. But this was not always the case.

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