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Christmas Music is filled with the “Christmas spirit”, which is thought of today in two perspectives. One perspective originated from Christianity, consisting of caroling on streets and singing about the birth of Christ. Much of the Christmas music is about the Birth of Jesus, much of the Christmas music in the 21st century now promotes a religious neutral position, such as “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” and “Jingle Bells”. This perspective is based off a more modern American approach, which is the acceptance all religions. The 12th episode of Community makes clear that religion has become an awkward subject, and that American idea of Christmas is now changed with a more diverse nation [http://www.hulu.com/watch/113574/community-multi-religion-christmas-party]. Now around Christmas time the public schools banned teachers from saying “Merry Christmas” due to their “religious affiliations”. While America is changing, Christmas music on the other hand is stable for the most part. Some of the songs are sung by different artists to their own minor changes to make the Christmas music more Christians, particularly the younger generations, such as the Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXV6HJxUebg], based of the traditional song Amazing Grace [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvO1P4gt5Lo]. Although Christmas music has persevering through the years, the music is usually performed and sung with added ornaments and variations, such as the clip of David Archuleta singing Amazing Grace.
The Culture of Christmas Music has molded me to who I am today. I grew up listening to Christmas music ever since I was still in my mom’s belly. Being that my parents are the first generation of Americans in our family, they grew to like and sing the basic Christmas Songs, and it became their favorite American songs. The Christmas Music brought me and my family closer together. A month ago I turned the television on to my mom’s favorite channel 13 PBS, and we watched Andrea Bocelli perform at the Nokia Theatre. Although technology puts many families away from the table and to their cell phones and computers, Christmas music seems to have the inverse effect on our family. One of me and my mom’s favorite songs was when Andrea Bocelli sung What Child Is This with Mary J. Blige [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrKQqyM4l0].