It depends on the song and who is doing it.

Like any other type of music, some are good, some are overplayed (for me), some I really enjoy, and others are just not done to my liking.

For me the words don't matter so much. If I like the song, arrangement, and performance it's all good no matter what the words say.

There are only two kinds of music, the music I like, and music made for other people's ears.

We play a lot of holiday parties at condominiums, retirement developments, yacht clubs, and country clubs. Because there are Christians and non-Christians at these places, we don't play any religious Christmas songs, but play secular ones like White Christmas, The Christmas Song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock, Silver Bells, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, and so on. Mostly I use rather traditional treatments for the songs but done our way. We usually open with a medley that starts with Jingle Bells into Sleigh Bells and ends with Jingle Bells. It's lively, festive, and the audience we target enjoys it.

For our audiences I also find that a few sprinkled in here and there among the 'regular' music the particular audience likes works best.

Like most forms of popular music, I find it more fun to play them than to just listen to them. But then playing music is one of my most favorite things to do in life.

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