I think fewer people would hate it so if they could be exposed to the vast variety which exists of Christmas music we have access to, from every century since musical notation was standardized (and some older, (not that we know with perfect accuracy how they in fact sounded) and from every nation around the world. Bach is definitely part of that treasure, and so is, for instance Jester Hairston. How many people know that Duke Ellington recorded several movements of the "Nutcracker Suite" in his own (and Billy Strayhorn's) inimitable style? Plus every year there are new ones. And there's room for parody too.
There's a family in my town which goes all out with its decorating every year, and they are written up in the local paper, and many people drive by. They have a strict 9:00 pm curfew so as to minimize inconvenience to their neighbors. And there is an accompanying sound tape for which they rent an FM frequency so people can listen in their cars, and it doesn't have to be blared all over the neighborhood. On that tape, among many others, there is a parody called "Decorations" (to the tune of "Good Vibrations"
which makes fun of people who decorate the way they do.
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