The Twelve Days of Not Saying ‘Christmas’

(Burl Ivanhoe?)

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Yule. What a nice, non-threatening word. It’s actually an archaic term for “Christmas,” but don’t tell anybody that. We wouldn’t anyone to get offended by Christmas at Christmas.

For many people, one of the best things about Christmas – and one of the worst – is Christmas music. No holiday has generated more music than Christmas, except maybe National Karaoke Week. And it’s wonderful music, mostly, with a few uncomfortable spasms sprinkled in. For example, there’s...