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THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS SONG?
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Question: What makes the perfect Christmas song? A musicologist at the Boston Conservatory wanted to answer that question. Dr. Joe Bennett listen to 200 of the most popular Christmas songs. He study things like lyric, tempo, vocals and musical key. What he found is a Christmas song needs words like Santa, snow, home, peace, love and of course the word Christmas. The song must be about 115 beats per minute, be in a major key and feature plenty of sleigh bells. Dr. Bennett took all this data and claims to have written the perfect Christmas song. It’s actually a pretty good song. But, is it the perfect Christmas song? Listen to it then let us know what you think about the song. And what’s your favorite Christmas song?

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