From the December 15, 2013, Chicago Tribune "Christmas sings of our shared humanity" by Rick Kogan.
Never too soon to start your Christmas shopping (just ask any retailer) and, hey, it is just over six months away. Just saying.
The Apollo Chorus is Chicago's oldest musical organization was founded in 1872, only two years after President Grant (one-time resident of Galena, Illinois) signed a resolution that made Christmas an official national holiday. (I didn't know that.)
In 1879, they began preforming Handel's "Messiah." Always one of my favorites.
"OK, perhaps 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' is more to your taste. It doesn't matter. Most of us never tire of holiday tunes. (and we might get to start hearing full-time Christmas music stations the day after Halloween, even Labor Day, in their wild variety.
"There are many theories about why that is.... And you will hear from others that 'music in some ways helps prepare us for the harshness of winter's arrival."
More to Come. --Cooter
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