A Christmas Plea
For hundreds of years ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is trotted out to bludgeon poor listeners into bleary-eyed submission. Like being lost in the desert one prays continually for the end to come. I honestly believe that not a single soul on the planet likes this song, yet year after year out of a perverse sense of duty we inflict it on ourselves and others. Worse yet are the ‘clever’ versions, as though changing the items is going to make the ceaseless repetition any more bearable. I say no! No more! There is no need for it. We have a large repertoire of holiday songs that are infinitely more palatable. I ask each and every one of you to help put a stop to useless suffering this holiday season; don’t instigate or take part in the singing of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ in all its wretched forms.
