The Daily Question is an almost daily quick question to keep in mind and consider during the day. When you are presented a question of deep importance, you use your brain in a different way, a more critical way. When we develop critical thinking we become a more independent, knowledgeable, and diverse person. To start to develop some of these skills, read the Daily Question and keep them in mind.

Today’s question is themed on Christmas, the nearing holiday filled with gifts, wrapping paper, crowded shopping malls, and the ever present sound of christmas music. Like most people I enjoy the sounds of Jingle Bells, White Christmas, and other popular songs that fill the airways, but this pleasure is short lived. So to avoid this problem and find new christmas music, I tune to Pandora Radio and find some unknown holiday cheer. While listening to the array of unheard musical assembles, I wondered what makes this Christmas music? Or, what makes a classical performance of Bach not considered Christmas music, while there are thousands of very similar sounding pieces played in excess during the holiday. There are solo guitar songs, vocals, piano, and other forms of creating music that all sounds similar, but some are only played this time of year. The popular classics like Jingle Bells may be a different story, but think about the songs without instance recognition to the holidays.

So today’s daily question is: What make Christmas Music, Christmas Music?