This is the last day for Christmas songs until next year, but here’s something worthing thinking about.
With all the great songwriters that are currently in the business, it’s a wonder that there hasn’t been any new Christmas songs of note in decades. This Washington Post chart shows that the majority of our most popular Christmas songs were penned in the 1940s and 50s, with the most recent Christmas staple coming in the 90s.
The thought is that new Xmas songs haven’t been adopted because the songs that are still popular are the ones that baby boomers became familiar with in their youth, but if we keep playing the same songs over and over each year, that becomes a perpetual motion machine with each generation growing up to the same songs.
That said, enjoy the songs for one more day, have a very merry Christmas, and thank you for your continued support of this blog!
