# Christmas fun with Alexa - try this! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537 "2018-12-22T16:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/1 "2018-12-22T16:08:36Z")
For some surrealism in your holiday, ask Alexa to play german christmas music. No idea what causes this. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/2 "2018-12-22T18:00:55Z")
I don’t have Alexa. Tell us what happens. Hide it in a spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/3 "2018-12-22T21:31:22Z")
All I get is: I couldn’t find any German Christmas songs. Bah, humbug. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/4 "2018-12-22T21:44:07Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > All I get is: > > I couldn’t find any German Christmas songs. > > Bah, humbug. Same here ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/5 "2018-12-22T22:11:21Z")
Weird, I got The Macarena ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/6 "2018-12-22T22:13:44Z")
When I asked my Alexa to do this, I got “Playing German Christmas Music from Amazon Music.” The first song was 2000 Miles, by The Pretenders. Not really surreal, other than I’m not sure why it’s German. 😉 Edit: the next song on the playlist was, in fact, the one that manson1972 got. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/7 "2018-12-22T22:58:57Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > When I asked my Alexa to do this, I got “Playing German Christmas Music from Amazon Music.” The first song was 2000 Miles, by The Pretenders. Not really surreal, other than I’m not sure why it’s German. 😉 > > Edit: the next song on the playlist was, in fact, the one that manson1972 got. I got the Pretenders song, and didn’t play it long enough to see what was next. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/8 "2018-12-22T23:42:19Z")
So, I tought the Pretenders and the Macarena were pretty surreal as a response to German Xmas music. Can’t figure how the algorithm got there. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-fun-with-alexa-try-this/826537/9 "2018-12-23T00:22:55Z")
I got the Pretenders song, as well! Tried it again and got the Macarena. Alexa still has plenty of learning to do!