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Yet again, 106.7 Lite FM hasn't fully expanded their Christmas song playlist.

kevtronics said:
So ironically Jewish and non-religious people may be more inclined to listen to Christmas music than Latinos who are deeply religious Christians.
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White Christmas and I'll Be Home For Christmas (among many classics) were written by Jewish people.

Most of my Jewish friends are in mixed marriages, so they always celebrate Christmas, but in non-religious ways.
 
Gregg. said:
Three things to remember about Christmas music and why these songs differ from the other playlists the rest of the year.

1. The reason people like Christmas music is to remember happy holidays from years past. An unfamiliar song can't do that. It has no happy memories attached to it. Inserting the words "snow" or "holly" into a new song doesn't make it special.

2. During our youthful memories of Christmas, someone else was in charge of the music we heard, parents or grandparents. That's why stations that don't want to play anything before 2000 the rest of the year play almost no holiday songs written in this century. It was our elders who chose Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters and Burl Ives, not us. But we want to hear these familiar songs and pass them down to our kids.

3. The Christmas music season, even if you start in early November, is only seven weeks long. That's too short a time to introduce more than one or two new songs that year. If you start playing an unfamiliar Christmas song, it doesn't have enough time to become a favorite. You'll put it away for the year on Dec. 26, well before it becomes familiar.
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I disagree with all of that.

1. People make new memories all the time. Not everyone is stuck in the past musically.

2. Have you listened to “Holly” on SirusXM? It’s filled almost entirely with post-2000 songs. It’s supposedly their most popular Christmas channel, so people must want to hear newer holiday tunes.

3. For those who like to listen to Christmas music constantly during that period, there is plenty of time to establish familiarity.
 
Ive gladly switched over to Holly on XM. Way more variety and commercial free. Idk how lite FM gets away with troll 9 minute commercial breaks. And for those saying its because they go commercial free in the morning, 101.1 also does the same and they still have half the commercial length
 
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