Thread by @ClinicalPearl, 1 like = 1 controversial Christmas music opinion 1. My Favorite Things [...]

1 like = 1 controversial Christmas music opinion

1. My Favorite Things is not a Christmas song, and should not be featured on holiday albums or music stations

2. If you don't have a big voice and the range to go for the high note on O Holy Night, don't even bother.

3. Secular Christmas music is just as valid as sacred Christmas music

4. The only acceptable renditions of Do You Hear What I Hear? are by Bing Crosby and Whitney Houston. All others can go in the garbage.

5. Although secular music is just as valid, we have really done a disservice to a lot of the more sacred pieces, and I wish they got more general airplay.

6. The Chipmunk Song is a delight and I will *not* tolerate any slander

7. Same goes for I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. It's fun! And cute!

8. If you're an artist putting a traditional carol on your holiday album, make it good. There are too many filler versions that just suck. You're a professional! Act like it!

9. That said, if you're going to mix it up, go for it - but do it well. Too many people take familiarity with a piece for granted. There's so much laziness with regard to these renditions.

(10. looking at you, Josh Groban's version of Angels We Have Heard on High)

11. Most songs that have a background choir/ensemble either don't feature the choir well, or don't need the choir at all.

12. Baby, It's Cold Outside is not rapey, she's consenting but putting on airs due to the social constraints, she's fine, everyone's good, check the tumblr post that circulates every year

13. That said, Michael Bublé - love him though I do - has an uncanny ability to make Christmas songs creepy. His rendition of the above song with Idina Menzel is...it gives me the heebie jeebies, and don't even get me started on the abomination that is Santa Buddy

14. THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS SONG

The fact that it has been relegated to Christmas alone is a travesty!!! Normalize performing the whole Messiah other times of the year!!! Give Handel the respect he deserves!!!!

15. "Thankful" from Josh Groban's Christmas album a few years ago was incredibly underrated. You should listen to it today.

16. The Christmas Shoes is not that bad. It got overplayed several years ago, and sure, it's a little annoying, but it doesn't deserve all the vitriol it gets

It's like the Nickelback of Christmas songs

17. What *does* deserve that vitriol, however, is Dan Fogelberg's Christmas Auld Lang Syne. Just terrible. No. Bad storytelling, boring, ridiculously overplayed

18. Elvis's holiday repertoire is so much more than Blue Christmas, and it's all good

We might have to expand to general Christmas opinions; I only have so many semi-unpopular ones lololol

19. Caroling needs to make a comeback. Not this year, obviously, but getting a group of people together to spread holiday cheer through music?? Iconic

20. Christmas Canon is garbage.

21. *whispers* the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is overrated

22. While sacred and secular Christmas music are equally valid, the classics are, in general, better than most of the newer stuff

23. If you're having a Christmas party (WHICH YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT DO THIS YEAR) you better play the classics in the background

24. All I Want for Christmas is You is a classic I will not be taking questions at this time

All y'all complaining about some of these like I didn't literally put "controversial" at the top of the thread

25. We should all be listening to more traditional carols in languages other than English, especially if the carol originated in a non-English language

26. Likewise, we should increase exposure to less-familiar songs from countries outside the US and Europe!

27. Children's choirs are overrated.

28. Handbells had a ~moment a few years ago, which I think is great, but they are much harder to make effective than most people give them credit for

29. It's totally fine to listen to Christmas music anytime you want. Before Thanksgiving? Fine. Before Halloween? Fine. Random day in April? Also fine. It's your life.

30. The Forgotten Carols should be famous outside of Mormon cultural circles

31. More Christmas duets should exist.

32. Less specific to Christmas, but...
If you're singing, whether in a choir, small group, or solo, please tell your face what you are singing about!! You don't have to be super over the top, but people should be able to look at you and connect your presence to the piece!

33. Instrumental holiday performances are just as beautiful as vocal ones! (And honestly I think they're much better appreciated live. I'll be glad when it's safe to attend performances in person again.)

34. Barbra Streisand's Christmas album absolutely slaps. The mixed meter Jingle Bells? *chef's kiss*

35. Also, the Hanson Christmas album is severely underappreciated and no of course that's not my preteen nostalgia talking and I don't like what you're implying here

36. Little Saint Nick is a bop and the Beach Boys are composition geniuses

37. Santa Baby should be performed by Eartha Kitt and Eartha Kitt only

(38. Ariana Grande's version was okay. Madonna's is garbage.)

39. Rockin'Around the Christmas Tree belongs to Brenda Lee alone and any cover pales in comparison

40. Joy to the World was written to be a generic hymn of praise, not reserved for the Christmas season, and we should start singing it other times

41. I have yet to hear a truly bad version of Silver Bells. If you have one, please keep it to yourself lol

42. The soundtrack to The Polar Express is the best thing about the movie

43. Christmas songs, like all other songs, are objectively better if they are written in a minor key

44. Christmas love songs are cute and all, but that theme has been absolutely done to death

45. As inspired by @DrPoorman's terrible youth experience:
Children and adolescents should not sing O Holy Night. I'm sure there are exceptions, but by and large, no. Their voices are insufficiently mature.

46. There are a lot of old-timey songs about wassail and not enough people who make wassail

It's delicious

47. Wonderful Christmastime is a good song

48. Happy Xmas (War is Over) is terrible

49. Celine Dion's cover of Happy Xmas (War is Over) should not exist

50. Celine Dion's version of Feliz Navidad absolutely should not exist

51. Harry Connick, Jr. is the finest creator of Christmas music ever to exist. Every song on every one of his Christmas albums is a bop. 10/10.

52. If I had to pick a single subgenre of Christmas music, I'd probably pick standards/Christmas jazz.

53. Nat King Cole doesn't get enough recognition for his smooth, smooth voice. His Christmas music is delightful, as is so much of his other stuff.

54. I think it's hilarious how some artists are literally only recognized anymore for their Christmas music. When was the last time you listened to Bing Crosby sing anything that wasn't a Christmas song? Or Johnny Mathis? But you can recognize that voice anywhere.

55. Even though singing together with people of varying abilities is valuable and fun, there is something quite nice about making music with a whole group of skilled musicians

56. Motown Christmas music deserves all the hype it gets and so much more

57. Arranging a Christmas song together with a well-known classical music piece is not as cool as you think it is

58. Said blends of Christmas and classical are trite and overdone and we should probably stop

59. Descants improve nearly everything

60. Sing-along events (The Messiah, other carols, etc.) are a fun idea in theory, but they're usually disappointingly executed

61. Most church Christmas music programs, at least in congregations where professional/trained musicians are sparse, are...often bad.

There is absolutely no way I can come up with 80+ more of these

62. Where Are You, Christmas? is a delight and definitely the most redeeming quality of the movie it came out with

63. But "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Thurl Ravenscroft is the absolute best. If anyone has covered it, I don't want to know; but at the same time, I wish someone exquisitely talented would *try* even if just so I can be mad about it

64. If you're putting together a choral Christmas program, and you're not including Natalie Sleeth's "Baby, What You Goin' to Be?"

I don't want it

65. The best church Christmas programs have a mixture of spoken word, performed music (both vocal and instrumental, solo/small group/large ensemble), and congregational singing. People should be weeping by the end.

66. It is *possible* to do nearly all of the above with (mostly) untrained musicians. You just have to know what you're doing and for the love of all that is holy, more than four weeks of practice.

(67. LOOKING AT YOU, MORMON MUSIC CULTURE)

68. If your only exposure to Tchaikovsky is The Nutcracker, you are seriously missing out.

69. (Not Christmas) Stravinsky was better, though.

70. The Nutcracker, though, is decent. It's overdone, it's tired, it's gotten quite trite at this point, but it is, at its base, quite good.

71. Choirs should wear red or green, instead of (or in addition to) concert black, when performing for Christmas.

72. Silent Night is probably the best Christmas hymn. Accessible, easily adaptable (descants! harmony! unison! instrumental! key changes!), and melodically beautiful. The GOAT.

73. It's also much better in German, though the English is fine.

74. Angels We Have Heard on High is better than Ding Dong Merrily on High, though the latter has a more fun refrain (for the sopranos, anyway - the altos have more fun with the former)

75. Gesu Bambino, however, has the most fun refrain to sing.

okay that's halfway through I'm going to bed

I'll try again tomorrow

feel free to hit me with your controversial Christmas music opinions and I'll tell you if you're wrong

All right, I'm basically out of Christmas music opinions, what do the people want as I attempt to finish out the thread?

76. Decor won, but per @neechevo's request:

Gingerbread houses can look good or taste good, but never both. You want to do the activity? Save yourself time and effort and just use graham crackers. Make tasty gingerbread to eat.

77. White Christmas lights are superior to colored Christmas lights. I have spoken.

78. Multicolored Christmas lights are the worst, though. Solids are just better.

79. Those cinnamon scented brooms are so heinous-looking, but GOSH they smell good.

78. Cinnamon scented pine cones are better, though, and have the advantage of being cute

Dangit that was 80. Oh well.

81. Your outdoor decor should have a theme, just like your indoor decor.

82. Darker reds are prettier than brighter reds. Those heinous firetruck reds that show up? Yuck.

83. Likewise, lighter/brighter greens aren't as pretty as darker ones, and they're often really difficult to match to a holiday red without being glaring eyesores

84. I love Nativity scenes. I think they're just lovely. But you know those outdoor plasticky ones that are lit from within? Where Joseph is in pink and Mary is in powder blue? Ghastly.

85. Plaid can be beautiful. It often isn't. Choose your colors wisely!!

86. Just because it's Christmas colors doesn't mean it's cute. Also, contrasting colors don't have to hurt your eyes. They can mesh.

87. Also, I'm actually not necessarily opposed to intentionally tacky holiday decor. Tacky can still be cute, if done in a way that is obviously tongue in cheek.

88. I'm a big believer in coordinating wrapping paper to the tree decorations.

I also recognize I live in a two-person household with no children, so YMMV lol

89. Christmas lights get to stay up and on until Epiphany. They can stay up for a little while after that, but don't turn them on. If they're still up after February 1, I'm judging you.

90. (This does not include outdoor fairy lights that are there for ~ambience~ rather than holiday decoration)

91. Artificial trees are better than real trees.

I have spoken.

92. Except white artificial trees. Those suck.

93. This is less an opinion and more of a rant but my GOSH why is it so difficult to find wide unwired ribbon?? Sometimes I need to make a gigantic ribbon rose and I don't want to have to futz with the wires!!!

94. All fireplaces are valid. Gas fireplace? Valid. Wood burning fireplace? Valid. Tabletop fireplace? Valid. Outdoor fireplace? You guessed it, valid. All are 100% acceptable for cozy holiday festivities.

95. Gift bags are better than wrapping paper, and it's definitely not because I'm really bad at wrapping presents*

*It's definitely because I'm really bad at wrapping presents

96. Fragrance is a part of decor, and your house should smell nice for the holidays because

you deserve nice things

97. But if you use Yankee Candles I will judge you, because they're costly but cheap and their ingredients are terrible

98. Garlands along the balustrade are highly visually appealing but render the balustrade virtually unusable (and yes, it's a balustrade, not a banister)

99. Matching stockings, where everyone's in the family is the same (with the exception of their names on top) are tired.

100. Coordinating stockings, on the other hand, where everyone's is unique but they all follow a theme/story/etc? Those are great.

101. Regardless, all the stockings should face/point the same way.

102. A throwback to musical opinions!

The John Rutter arrangement of Joy to the World is the most fun choral version of the piece. (his For the Beauty of the Earth is also definitive; I don't make the rules)

103. It's okay if you put your tree up before Thanksgiving. Even in non-pandemic years, the week of Thanksgiving is perfectly fine.

This year, all bets are off. Do whatever brings you joy.

104. We dramatically overuse the word "noel" in our decor. Nobody actually uses that word unless they're singing The First Noel, but it's on EVERYTHING. Why????

105. I don't understand why more people don't love flameless candles. They're great options for those with scent sensitivity, flame restrictions in apartments, or safety concerns. I wish they didn't use button batteries, though.

106. With few exceptions, outdoor decor should be either secular or sacred themed. It feels weird to me to have an inflatable Minion Santa right next to Baby Jesus, but maybe that's just me

107. If your outdoor "decor" solely consists of switching your floodlights to red and green from white, just don't even bother

108. Same goes for those light show projections. I've rarely found them tasteful at all, and if that's all you're going to do, just skip it.

(the above does not apply if you do so because that is all you have funds or physical ability to do)

109. I will not be tuning into your non-personalized holiday radio station to time the music to your light show, thank you very much. (I will also be wondering how much your neighbors dislike the random folks clogging traffic to sit and watch/listen)

110. You know what? Outdoor Christmas lights, on homes, do not need music. They really don't. Not on a loudspeaker, not on a radio station.

111. The Elf on the Shelf is garbage. Garbage.

112. You do not, under any circumstances, need to decorate your car.

113. The only fun part to sing in The First Noel is the tenor part. Everything else is boring.

(Yeah, yeah, another music throwback opinion. It's my thread and I do what I want)

114. The netted lights that go over your bushes usually don't look good unless you spend a lot of time nestling them in just the right places, and by that point you might as well have just gone with the regular string lights

115. The star is the superior tree topper.

116. Homemade ornaments don't have to be particularly aesthetically pleasing to be included on the tree. The sentimentality is what counts.

117. That said, if you as the tree decorator *and* the person(s) who made the ornaments both agree that they're no big deal, it's okay to pitch them. (The conversation must be had first!!)

118. Purple is not a Christmas color. I know we have been trying to make it happen for several years, but we should stop. No.

119. If you serve punch at your holiday party, you have to serve it out of a fancy punch bowl; that's just how it works

120. I will never get tired of paper snowflakes. I think they're delightful. Make garlands! Make mobiles! Hang them up plain! Put them on the tree! They're lovely.

121. I've always wanted to make a popcorn and cranberry garland, but I've never done so. I've always worried about the mess.

122. You know what's underrated? Advent calendars. You get to be reminded of the proximity of a holy celebration AND you get a present every day!!! We should all do this!!!

123. Live nativities are entirely unnecessary, and only work in warm climates anyway.

124. Not exactly decor, but you know those pageants that families and congregations and everyone does to reenact the Christmas story? Only the adults whose kids play the main characters (or the budding theater kids with control issues) like them. They can go away.

125. You know those super generic lighted decorations they put up on light poles in small towns, all along the main roads? I love them, unapologetically. Are they dated? Yes. And I care zero percent.

126. Mistletoe is a cute tradition*

*But only if everyone is consenting and you do NOT make it weird!!!

127. I love a sprawling Christmas village. The cute little porcelain houses with the little villagers that you make up elaborate backstories for? 10/10. Definitely a great decor tradition.

128. Tree skirts are necessary and appropriate, but man do I have a hard time finding non-ugly ones!

129. I also love a toy train circling around the tree. So cute!!!

130. Inflatable lawn decorations are always tacky. There, I said it.

131. If you're Christian, you don't get to complain about pagan anything if you put up Christmas trees, use pine/cedar, exchange gifts, gather round a fireplace, sing special songs, or celebrate in December because we literally stole all of that from our pagan neighbors lol

132. We talk too much about real Christmas trees and not enough about real/live Christmas wreaths

Wreaths are the superior things to have fresh. And you get to decorate a new one every year!!

133. I am a strong supporter of having Christmas china. Special holiday dinnerware that only comes out once a year? A fabulous luxury.

134. Ugly Christmas sweaters refers to decorations, not cheesy sayings. Relying on words to make something tacky is a copout.

We're just abandoning all rules and the rest of these are gonna be just general Christmas opinions, which nobody asked for (and yet you sort of did, by following the instructions in the original tweet)

135. Deviled eggs are the definitive party food. If you're hosting a gathering and nobody has brought or made deviled eggs, I'm not coming

Also, again, DO NOT HOLD GATHERINGS THIS YEAR

136. I love seasonal holiday dish towels. Special kitchen towels just for Christmas? Yes yes yes.

137. Ham is overrated. Make whatever you want for Christmas.

138. One day, I will make a traditional Christmas goose. It's going to happen.

139. New pajamas for Christmas Eve was always a tradition at my house, and I 100% endorse it. Kids get something to open before the ~big day~ (at least as it's traditionally celebrated in the US), and parents get cute photos for Christmas morning. Win/win.

140. The best Christmas movies are the old stop-motion ones and any other opinions are factually incorrect

141. Of the stop-motion Christmas movies, The Year Without a Santa Claus is superlative. I will not be taking questions at this time.

142. This is less an opinion and more a pro-tip, but Christmas breakfast should be easy. Do not attempt to make pancakes from scratch while people open presents. Put a casserole in the fridge the day before and throw it in the oven when everyone gets up. Boom, breakfast!

143. Alternatively, have everyone open a box of their favorite frivolous cereal. All you need is milk and bowls, plus it's cheap!

(I think I first encountered this tradition from someone awful, but if y'all get some good out of it, all the better!)

144. Eggnog is delicious. Slander will not be tolerated.

145. Poinsettias are beautiful and underappreciated.

146. Red poinsettias are more beautiful than white ones, however. The pink I am undecided about.

147. Outdoor icicle lights should be white/clear, not blue and absolutely never multicolored.

148. Punch should be served in a fancy punch bowl or not at all.

149. Whipped cream is a better topping for hot chocolate than marshmallows

150. Let your kids believe in Santa for as long as they like. Everyone deserves to believe in magic for at least a little while.

151. The Little Drummer Boy is never as effective as a solo piece as it is with a choir

152. Scarves can either be warm and functional or cute. Never both.

153. Christmas dinner is better on Christmas Eve than Christmas Day.

154. We drastically overemphasize gift giving, especially in terms of our expectations. Even folks in the largest of families do not need to be shelling out hundreds to thousands of dollars on presents every year. It's ridiculous.

155. For the love of all that is good in the world, can we please abolish the practice of Christmas letters? They are and have always been awful.

156. Bonus terribleness points if they're written in verse.

Just stop. Don't.

Dangit 119 and 148 are the same.

Here's an extra to make up for it: if you are going to be serving cocktails at your party, you should also have a mocktail or two that is available. Not everybody drinks, and they deserve to have fancier things than just water or soda too!

A Shirley Temple or a Roy Rogers are fine, but you can also do better than that. (I have IDEAS, lemme tell you!!)

157. You know those elaborate Christmas eye makeup looks, where they recreate a Santa hat or his sleigh or evoke the Grinch or whatever?

I love them. They're extra, but I love them. If you do one this holiday, will you send me a pic of your work? I'd love that.

159. Christmas socks are cute but really difficult to make functional, and are annoying to store in the meantime.

160. The best lyrical motif that shows up in Christmas songs is that of "peace on earth."

Would that we all held that closer to our hearts, and showed it in our actions.

161. Unless you're hosting literally The Big Day (or Eve, if you're fancy like me) - which I cannot reiterate enough that you SHOULD NOT DO THIS YEAR - serve finger food, not dinner. Let people mingle and snack.

162. You can get away with doing dinner if the guest list is limited to about 6 people. (but again, NOT THIS YEAR.)

163. Christmas tights are underrated. You can do candy cane stripes! Or look like you have elf socks! Or just do a bold color! With the right outfit - and it's got to be the right outfit - it can totally work and be gorgeous

164. Pasta is a completely underrated main for Christmas holidays. It's usually easy, relatively low maintenance, and full of carbs and cheese! What more could you want during a busy, bustling time!

165. Take a little time to go out and look at Christmas lights this year, would ya? Get the household together (or don't - this is a perfectly good solo or couple activity) and drive or walk the neighborhood. Enjoy the light. Have cocoa or hot cider when you get back.

166. One of the things I love most about the holidays is tradition. This year, perhaps more than most, that can be a source of pain.

Partake in traditions in whatever way you can. Start a new one. It doesn't have to be big; even small things can be meaningful.

167. Please, please, tell your loved ones if you want a particular gift. Nothing ruins a holiday more than a fit over a present. People are not mind-readers, and this is not a good time to make them guess what to get you, if you're going to be unhappy without X thing.

168. Hallmark movies (as a category, not specific to the channel itself) are formulaic and trash, but they are fluffy and fun. If they're not your thing, by all means skip them, but let people like silly things!!

169. If you are an adult and don't have children at home, you can open your presents whenever and however you want.

170. Thank you notes (like actual paper notes) for gifts are overrated. *ducks*

If you expected the gift (i.e. you are exchanging gifts with family members for the holiday), a verbal thank you is fine. A phone call or even a text may be fine. Any sincere expression of thanks is fine.

It just doesn't have to be a formal note if you don't want it to be!

171. Regifting is an acceptable practice, but you better be both brave and excellent at it - the circumstances must be absolutely perfect for this not to blow up in your face!!

172. Generic "Merry Christmas!" texts are unnecessary. If you want to send something that says you're thinking of the other person, certainly do so! But let them know it's not just a generic mass text, yeah? Mass texts, IMO, are worse than no texts at all.

173. Please bring a host/hostess gift to the parties you attend. It does not have to be fancy, nor should it be expensive, but even if you are the only one, the host(ess) will remember and it will be such a kindness!

Your best host gift this season is your absence at gatherings.

174. I've said this before, but if you aggressively say "Merry Christmas" just to spite people who say "Happy Holidays," because you're mad they aren't Christian enough, you are taking the Lord's name in vain.

175. Snow should only be allowed during the week before Christmas and the week between Christmas and New Year. The rest of the time, it sucks.

176. If you are missing your people and sick of Zoom, Discord offers a world of options to gather in virtuality while maintaining physical distance. Watch movies! Play games! Video chat! Share recipes!

We don't have to be alone just because we are apart!

177. Cooking Christmas dinner is much more fun in a Christmas apron. Even better if that apron is a pinafore apron.

178. In warmer climes, where they do fake snow that's just bubbles? Yeah, just stop. It's not fun; it's disappointing.

179. There will never be a more classic holiday makeup look than bold lashes and a glamorous red lip.

180. You should not feel guilty about enjoying delicious food over the holidays. We really need to stop looking at food as something we "cheat" with, or as a reward on special occasions. It's food. It's supposed to nourish you. And it's okay that it's delicious!

181. If you are able to donate to those in need, in any capacity, please do so.

If you do so only to make yourself feel special, or gather attention to yourself, you may be doing it for the wrong reasons, but if you're still helping others, helping is good.

(this is to say that I don't need to know if, when, what, or how much you donated.)

182. If you're going to use disposable plates for your party (which we have previously established is happening no earlier than next year!!!), please just make sure they are sturdy enough to actually hold food

183. Likewise, if you're going with colored cocktail or dinner napkins, do a little test run to see whether/how much they absorb as well as whether the dye will leach out and stain!

184. Plastic tablecloths are decently functional for large group functions (makes cleanup SO much easier), but they are woefully bad for the environment. I'm still on the fence about them, to be honest

185. This opinion isn't really mine, it's my husband's, but I guess he can be featured once on the thread:

Terry's chocolate oranges are divine. No other brands are acceptable. And the milk chocolate variety is better than the dark chocolate.

186. It's perfectly acceptable to go out for Christmas dinner (or Christmas Eve dinner).

187. BUT!!!

If you elect to go out for a holiday dinner, especially one that is so family centered (Christmas, Thanksgiving, even Mother's Day), 1) prepare for a crowd to be there, 2) plan to tip VERY well. If you can't accommodate that, eat at home.

188. In the same vein, if you order takeout or delivery on or the night before a holiday, you should tip extra well.

189. Slice and bake cookies are fine.

190. Nestle is a terribly unethical company and we should not be buying their chocolate chips, milk, or other products. We should also ditch the Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe, for the same reasons.

191. Joanna Gaines' chocolate chip cookie recipe is better anyway. By a lot. Like, I will never make a recipe other than hers ever again.

192. Hot spiced cider is better than hot cocoa.

I said what I said, and I stand by it.

I won't turn down either, however - they're both delicious!

193. Citrus is underutilized in holiday cooking. It's in season in most US places that can grow citrus! And it tastes like sunshine even though it's dark outside!!

194. Let it Snow is a great song. There really aren't many bad versions of it: you have to work pretty hard to make it not delightful. I'm sure it can be done, but I've yet to find out. (if you have, don't tell me. This year sucks enough.)

195. Work Christmas parties are just a bad idea. Somebody's bound to get sloppy or uncouth, or the activities are so tame that nobody's having fun, and nobody wants that. Boss/department should buy everybody lunch and you go home early, and that's it.

196. If you have students, residents, fellows, etc on your team, BUY THEM (and yourself) FOOD for your holiday shifts! Anybody on the team should get food. We are attendings; with very few exceptions, we can afford it.

197. Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix is gross.

(If you have a lactose intolerance-friendly hot chocolate recipe or mix or other recommendation, please feel free to share!)

198. This should go without saying, but clarify any food sensitivities, allergies, and diet preferences for all of your guests in sufficient advance of your holiday party so as to ensure you are able to accommodate them!!

199. Potlucks are a much better idea in theory than they are in practice.

200. Cookie exchanges, on the other hand, are a GREAT idea and should be done more often (post-pandemic, obviously)

All right, 200 is the stopping point for tonight.

Either y'all are real interested in my opinions or you're liking the original tweet bc you like the concept rather than realizing it's a request, but by golly I'm gonna finish!

201. The best Christmas sweaters are Scandinavian sweaters. They're just so pretty!

202. Twas the Night Before Christmas is and always will be a delight.

203. The best version of A Christmas Carol is A Muppet Christmas Carol.

204. Homemade candies are often overrated. If you want to mail me samples of your family's favorite recipes to prove me wrong, however, I will have no choice but to acquiesce. For science.

205. Chocolate candies are superior to non-chocolate candies, with the possible exception of soft caramels

206. If you're going to sing What Child Is This, you BETTER sing it in the Dorian mode. The minor key is unacceptable and if you like it better you are objectively wrong

(If you understand that last opinion, please let me know lololol)

207. Pumpkin doesn't belong on a Christmas menu. Save that for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

208. Cranberry, however, is fair game.

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