> Can someone tell me how Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne"
> is considered a Christmas tune? This song is about two
> unhappy people, going through a mid-life crisis, drinking
> beer in a Saab parked outside a liquor store – on a night
> which just happens to be Christmas Eve. In reality, it is
> promoting open containers of alcohol and driving messed up
> (impairment begins with the first drink) during the holiday
> season. Oh well, I’ll just turn to make my way back home
> before the snow turns into rain.
>
I don't know, but the harmony is tight. I personally get a little misty every time I hear it -- the part where they can actually get a six-pack at their liquor store. Obviously Fogelberg never tried his hand at deciphering the ludicrous mindf**k that is Pennsylvania's alcohol statute.