Revisiting The Modern Christmas Song Void

Are we too mature for unironic joy and contentment?

I was doing some online reading/research for this year’s Christmas article (regionally particular Christmas songs—stay tuned!), and I came across a comment in this Reddit thread that I found fascinating. I’m going to quote it at length:

The Midcentury Era in the United States has become a sort of a mythic era in American culture, much like the Old West. …