"My Favorite Things" is not a Christmas song.

I just... have this beef with everyone who thinks this song is a holiday song. I want to know who decided that it should be played on Christmas radio stations. Whoever it was.... please know that it was a stupid idea.

There is really only one reference to anything remotely related to Christmas: "brown paper packages tied up with string" and seriously, it's a biiiiit of a stretch... Maybe it's mail. WHAT IF IT'S JUST MAIL. Everybody loves getting mail, right? Who doesn't love mail? And that is why it's on a list of Julie Andrews' favorite things.

And then there are the decidedly winter-y phrases: "snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, silver white winters that melt into spring" "warm woolen mittens" "door bells and sleigh bells."But that's not the point. The theme is not winter here! The theme is "my favorite things." The song also talks about girls in white dresses (most likely worn in the spring) and bees stinging (which they only do in the spring) and raindrops on roses (let's be real... probably spring time) and whiskers on kittens (could be anytime, but they're cutest in the spring).

I just don't understand why it became such a popular Christmas song! It's not like they sing it at Christmas time in the movie. In fact, due to the thunderstorm raging outside and the events of the following "Do Re Me" sequence (frolicking in the meadow, falling in the lake, etc), I'd guess that it's probably summer time. The movie does not have a single Christmas scene in it.

Wikipedia lists at least 34 Christmas albums that feature this song. And that's not even necessarily all of them! It's not a new phenomenon, either. These albums range from as early as Jack Jones' album in 1964 to Barbara Streisand's brand spankin' new 2013 album.

Last night, I heard this horrendous rendition, which is what sparked this soap box:

It's long and drawn out and melancholy (It's a song about favorite things. How can you be sad when you sing it?!). The song starts with some tinkling bells, like something out of The Nutcracker. Then halfway through, all of the sudden the music is grand and sweeping like she's about to go into battle, and everything is so dramatic! It's basically the "Sugar Plum Fairy" meets the Narnia soundtrack. (Sidenote--her hat thing.... futuristic space bathing cap?)

I just don't understand. I will never understand. Please join me in boycotting this song as part of the holiday tradition! I promise to never include it on a Christmas album. I promise to never include it on a Christmas play list. I promise to never play it at holiday parties and family gift exchanges! I promise to restore this song to it's rightful place: far FAR AWAY from Christmas!!

I leave you with this parting thought: