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I once dated a guy who said that Leonard Cohen songs reminded him of his Christmas memories. Be they with his ex-wife and child or with his nudist family in Canada, Roy's Christmas memories were always depressing. Charles Brown's "Please Come Home for Christmas" is my favorite depressed Christmas song. As stressful as they are, we all secretly love the holidays. But there is also this sadness that inevitably takes over; for me, it's around mid-afternoon or dusk on Christmas day. Maybe it's the cold nostalgia for a family member that has passed, a divorce, a miscarriage, or the new year reminding us of the march towards death...Whatever it is, no matter how many fuzzy feelings the anticipation for Christmas bring, I can no longer be fooled by consumerism. I want a lasting, cozy and snuggly relationship, but I'm cynical, and I know that those don't really pan out. While the song feigns hopefulness, because of the rawness in it's emotional honesty, this song reminds really only reminds me that the older I get, the sadder Christmas is, and that we are all going to die.
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