By Rebecca Alt

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas playlist: a defense of holiday music

I have encountered a fair share of Grinches in my day. You know, the people who scoff at Christmas lights strung the day after Thanksgiving and carp about how “The holiday season is just one more example of how consumer driven our country has become.” Not that I can entirely ignore the very real and very scary Americans of all ages who go mad as a hatter trying to find the latest and greatest Holiday Barbie for their niece and some Tinker Toys for the other tots (yes, I’m old and these are the only toys my almost-22-year-old ass is familiar with).