The Christmas Music Manfesto

<p>In 2018 when I launched Twelve Songs, I published "<a href='https://www.twelvesongsofchristmas.com/content/the-12-songs-manifesto'>The 12 Songs Manifesto</a>," a statement of my core beliefs about Christmas music. </p> <p>Now that we're in our sixth season and have a lot of listeners who weren't around back then, I thought it was worth revisiting and documenting in podcast form. I flesh out my thoughts, add a few and revise a few that no longer seem as crucial to me. And, I have music by Luther Vandross, Rockin' Sidney, Paul McCartney, Alexander O'Neal, The Bird and the Bee, SUNBEARS! and more to put some musical meat on those bones. </p> <p>There was one late edit that some of you will notice. There is no Number Eight in my manifesto, not because I didn't have one but because I discovered while looking for an image to accompany this episode that the musician I featured had been found guilty of some extremely un-Christmas-y behavior. It was too late in the process to redo the whole passage, so I simply cut it. </p>