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This will be my third Christmas of working retail. Luckily, now I work at the Limited so our holiday tape is a blend of some Christmas music, some regular music. However, my last mall job was at Boston Store (same as Bergner's/Carson Pirie Scott). We had a really obnoxious Christmas tape that only had about 2 hours worth of music on it. My very least favorite song was "Same Old Lang Syne." That's not going to make any sense to most of you, so here's some of the lyrics:
Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totaled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged
We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how
It is the most depressing song ever! My senior year I was having a really happy Christmas - had gotten into all my colleges with scholarships, had a boyfriend, family stuff was good - every time they plaid this song at work I just started to tear up. IT's so catchy too...BLAH.
I actually like pretty much all other Christmas music, carols or cheesy. I'll play it all through out the year - I've been playing it non-stop since we put up our tree at work. It makes me happy.
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