I have a bit of a
confession to make. Maybe it's nothing. But I watched every episode
of The O.C. when it came out. I found it endlessly fascinating and,
as much as I might get made fun of, Seth Cohen's music taste rubbed
off on me and I finally found my taste for indie music. I discovered
The Killers, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, and Phantom Planet
from this show and I'll always love its quirky music choices.
The Chrismukkah
album is a compilation of some great indie holiday songs (without
any representatives for the -mukkah, sadly). Low's “Just Like
Christmas” has gone on to be one of the most widely-used of the
collection, but each of the nine songs have their own charm to
them. It's one of the things that works with indie music—you can
just add sleigh bells, add a line about Dec. 25, and call it a
Christmas song. And it works!
Ron Sexsmith's
“Maybe This Christmas” might be the best on the album, just for
being so heartfelt and hopeful.
b) Chrismukkah episodes from The
O.C.
Today marks the
beginning of Chrismukkah, a celebration described as “eight days
of presents followed by a day of many presents.” Ignoring any
secular undertones of the holidays, this is how I think every
December should should go. Who doesn't love more gifts?
The O.C. was
always good about making their Chrismukkah episodes worthy of the
holiday mash-up implied by the name. They were always
simultaneously sad and joyous. Bad shit happened, but there was
always a glimmer of hope by the end, that even in this crazy
money-soaked town of Orange County where everyone is beautiful and
there's never a shortage of drugs and entertainment, there's at
least something to be happy about: family.
Aw, isn't that
sweet?
I think
everyone should celebrate Chrismukkah.
c) Boxing Day
Okay,
seriously, what the fuck is Boxing Day? It's on every goddamn
calendar I've ever seen, and yet not a single person I talk to can
tell me what it is.
I mean, besides
Canadians, or course, but what do they know?
Boxing Day is a
holiday celebrated across the globe (in specific countries), but is
widely associated with Canada. This causes many holiday experts to
scratch their heads and wonder why it wasn't called “Hockey Day”
instead.
I'd like to
think that Boxing Day has something to do with all the boxes you're
left with after the holidays. Maybe everyone is supposed to join
their boxes together to form a giant box fort or something. I mean,
I would totally support that holiday.
I would also
support it if everyone just watched all the Rocky movies.
Or if I got
money for it. That has nothing to do with boxes, but I'm broke as
shit and could use another holiday that gives out cash.
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