#3) either Soul Cake or The Snow It Melts the Soonest both by Sting | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

sailforvalinor · 2 years

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It’s after Thanksgiving, you know what that means—we’re legally allowed to listen to Christmas music now! Reblog and tell me in the tags your 1) favorite religious Christmas song, 2) favorite secular Christmas song, and if you have one 3) your favorite winter/seasonal song that isn’t TECHNICALLY a holiday song but it is to you

#1) o come o come emmanuel. Christmas songs in minor SLAP and this one specifically reminds me of Jewish Passover songs anticipating the #coming of Elijah #old/New Testament intertextuality #2) I’ll Be Home For Christmas #it hurts in the best way possible #honestly the music written during and post-WWII is so steeped in the time it was written and you can tell #3) either Soul Cake or The Snow It Melts the Soonest both by Sting #the first is technically for All Souls Day and the second is just winter #his entire Christmas album is just wonderful 10/10 #christmas #ask game

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