{"id":1925,"date":"2013-12-18T01:49:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T07:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2013-12-18T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:20:15","slug":"its-beginning-to-sound-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballparksbeachesandbeyond.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/18\/its-beginning-to-sound-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas is only a week away.<\/p>\n

The above statement will likely illicit several reactions depending on whether one does or does not have their Christmas shopping done.<\/p>\n

Of course a staple of any trip to the store to shop for Christmas presents is being joined by the sounds of the season.<\/p>\n

No I am not talking about the sounds of people fighting over the last roll of Hello Kitty wrapping paper or the latest Tickle Me or Sing with Me Elmo.<\/p>\n

I am referring to the in store music selection which no doubt will include Christmas music being piped through the store’s sound system.<\/p>\n

Now, in the past two weeks I have attended three Christmas concerts filled with the various sounds of the season.<\/p>\n

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For many Christmas time is not near until they hear the music of Charlie Brown.
Photo R. Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But for those who prefer their Christmas music to be in a retail setting a trip to the local big box store can be just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n

And for those of us who prefer to do our shopping online, popping in some Christmas music while dashing through the web can certainly heighten the experience.<\/p>\n

Of course it seems like everybody with a record contract has a Christmas album so there certainly are a lot of choices when it comes to picking one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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