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Christmas Canon
Call it what you will,
but to me it will always be
Christmas Canon
by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
It will always be the tune
that they play when we sing
“Eucharistic People”
on Thanksgiving Day mass
And it will always be the song
that whispers my name and tells me
“everything will be okay.”
Because it has to be okay,
during the holiday season
Doesn’t it?
No matter what you celebrate
or what you believe in
whether it’s a fat man
rolling down a chimney
or a baby
lying in a manger
or that juicy ham
sitting there on the dining room table
there’s hope that
everything will be okay
and although it may only be October
it’s that binding hope
that I need right now
because right now
I don’t need to believe in anything
besides the fact that
everything will be okay
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Recently my mom and I had a somewhat heated discussion about the song that I know as "Christmas Canon" or "Canon in D." My mom said that this particular song was always played at weddings, so that's what it reminded her of. I then explained to her that it reminded me of the Holiday Season, particularly Christmas and Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for me has always been the real kickoff for the Christmas Season. Partly because my dad doesn't let us listen to Christmas Music or put up Christmas decorations until Thanksgiving, and partly because the first Sunday of advent follows not long after Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Anyways, Canon has always been played as an intro to the song "Eucharistic People," a tune that we sing in church every Thanksgiving. It is also played constantly on the radio here during Christmas time. It is a song that strongly reminds me of holidays.