# What constitutes a Christmas song?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-christmas-song/521235 "2009-12-14T17:22:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-christmas-song/521235/41 "2009-12-17T04:08:10Z")

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> [@palindromemordnilap](#):
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> It’s December  
> There’s snow on the ground  
> New York is lit up “like a Christmas tree”

I’ve always liked that song, but never thought of it as a Christmas song. I have always associated it with winter though. I very clearly remember the first time I heard it and I was riding in an unheated car on a very cold day (for New Orleans anyway). My guess is that it was released sometime in December of 1988, based on how old I think I was at the time (and thanks to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Harlem), I see I hit the nail right on the head: 17 December 1988).

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