Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Christmas music enjoyed by 70% of Americans

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Christmas music is nearly inescapable every December and most Americans enjoy it.

According to a new LifeWay Research study, 70 percent of Americans enjoy hearing Christmas songs in December and 86 percent believe school choirs and bands should be allowed to perform religious Christmas music.

However, in the November 2012 online survey of 1,191 Americans, one in five Americans (21 percent) said the prevalence of Christmas music in December is "overdone" while 7 percent find it "annoying."

"When seemingly everyone does something," LifeWay Research director Scott McConnell commented, "it is sure to grate on someone's nerves. But 10 times as many people find Christmas music everywhere enjoyable than find it annoying."

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) Americans who consider themselves to be a born-again, evangelical or fundamentalist Christian say they find the prevalence of Christmas music enjoyable compared to 59 percent of those who "never" attend religious services, according to the survey, which was released Dec. 17.

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