MinibearRex comments on Ritual Report: NYC Less Wrong Solstice Celebration - Less Wrong

83 Post author: Raemon 20 December 2011 08:37PM

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Comment author: Raemon 22 December 2011 07:27:17PM 0 points [-]

Oh, specifically curious about this:

I should probably note that a possible source of this concern is my own past and present attitude towards the song "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".

What makes that song particularly interesting, compared to other Christmas carols?

Comment author: MinibearRex 23 December 2011 06:27:44AM 2 points [-]

I don't really know. I just really liked that song. It seems particularly "catchy" to me, although that doesn't seem to be a common reaction. I have asked other people if they had a similar reaction to God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, or any other Christmas carol, and found nobody that was particularly attached to that particular song, but a substantial number that were attached to some other carol.

Comment author: persephonehazard 28 December 2011 02:22:24PM 0 points [-]

It's not just you; I have always really liked the feel of the melody in /God Rest/.

Comment author: Raemon 23 December 2011 06:44:46AM 0 points [-]

Ah, it sounded like that song was somehow a damaging meme that you were afraid of.