It’s final exam time. Wish me the best of luck.

Do you have any idea how often I hear the words “I hate Christmas music” from people my age? I, quite frankly, don’t understand this almost universal hatred of Christmas music. In fact, I rather like Christmas music. It’s catchy. It’s cheerful. More often than not, it’s jazzy. And jazz just so happens to be my favourite musical genre.

I find that most people who complain about Christmas music are those who work in retail establishments, where come December, they play Christmas music over and over again. I can understand getting sick of something if you listen to it millions of times, but then again, is it any worse than listening to the radio, where there is a tendency to play the newest songs over and over again? Christmas music, in my opinion, is much superior to today’s popular music. For one thing, Christmas music actually sounds like music, whereas popular music is just noise.

Conclusion: most young people have bad taste in music. Or conversely, I have bad taste in music. Take your pick.