Song Story 10 - It's The Season To Be Jolly
When working at one of my previous employers, it was always fun to come to the office. As consultants we obviously spent most time at client premises, so when once every two weeks you had the chance to meet colleagues that were not on the same project, you'd take the opportunity. As a smoker, some bad habits are hard to break, I had to go outside to smoke, which obviously you did not alone (some people even say that smokers have the best networks in companies). To send out a general call to smokers, often a simple, easy to remember and hard to get out of your head tune would be whistled in the hallways. Especially in summer, or in fact any other month than December, to our non-smoking colleagues it always sounded a bit weird. And not only for the whistling.
Years later, late this summer, one of the guys I follow tweeted that he had this christmas song in his head he couldn't get rid of. And indeed, once it sits there, it sort of sticks with you. It is one of these songs that makes you hum, sing or lalala them out loud, at the most inapropriate moments. When he found out which one it was, I immediately had the urge to go out and have a smoke. Yes, Deck The Halls was our smoking tune. Even when it was not the season to be jolly.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
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