Bob Schwartz

“From now on our troubles will be out of sight.”

A couple of days ago, I was thinking about ways to be in this fraught moment of Election 2024.

My typical search for just the right soundtrack ended with the perfect music: Christmas.

It is almost two months until Christmas. On the consumer front, Christmas has already begun. It used to be that shopping Christmas began at Thanksgiving. Now, the unofficial start is Halloween.

Commercial Christmas aside, no holiday more embodies good feeling—whether spiritual, peaceful, familial or just plain human. And that good feeling is embodied in the music.

What I have started to do, even though it is the first week in November, is to add Christmas music to my playlist. Lots of it, because I suspect that good feeling is going to be helpful in the days ahead.

You can choose the Christmas music you like. It comes in all flavors, and you likely have your favorites. Whatever that is, just listen as much as you need to keep things joyous and bright.

It’s hard to feature just one song from so many favorites. Here’s one, from an angel of song.

© 2024 by Bob Schwartz