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Sure, it’s the day after Christmas, but my family allows me one more day of listening to Christmas music, which I know must be tiresome for them. For me, the small window of time to listen to old and new favorites passes much too quickly. Last week, an overworked and harassed business owner told me that he had found a radio station that didn’t play any holiday music, because if he heard Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer one more time, he couldn’t be held responsible for his reaction.  I can’t really blame him for that, the endless and indiscriminate round of the same songs interspersed with frantic advertising gets old fast, but who could tire of George Winston’s December or the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s jazzy instrumental arrangements?  I also like James Taylor’s Christmas CD and a homemade recording of a friend playing all the traditional favorites on his piano.  So, I’ll be listening to all of these today and then I promise to quit. It’s all over for another year.