{"id":2297,"date":"2005-12-20T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-20T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2005-12-20T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-20T22:57:00","slug":"im_dreaming_of_a_nasheed_filled_christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2005\/12\/im_dreaming_of_a_nasheed_filled_christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The holiday season: I’m dreaming of a nasheed-filled Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>\n\n\n
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At work, in stores, on hold on the phone, in the street, at school, and on the radio \u2013 Christmas music in the holiday season is inescapable. In America \u2013 between Thanksgiving and Christmas \u2013 carols, hymns, songs and other seasonal fare saturate the sonic environment. <\/p>\n

Nowadays, every musical artist seems to have a Christmas album. Christmas music is big business. In the past ten years, the number of Christmas albums on sale has doubled to over 2100, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Everyone from Garth Brooks to Snoop Dogg cuts a Christmas release. <\/p>\n

Even veteran or washed-up musicians see Christmas albums as opportunities to get back into the arena, if only for the possibility of a little December radio airtime. According to Inside Radio<\/a>, almost 300 radio stations switch to all-Christmas formats for the Holiday Season after Thanksgiving. Some radio stations flip their programming to the Christmas format even earlier. <\/p>\n

How do the savvy amongst us cope with the ubiquity of the Holiday Sonic Season? If we can\u2019t tune out, we make up our own lyrics! Having attended<\/a> Anglican and Episcopalian schools, this author became adept at adapting what he heard each Yuletide. <\/p>\n

Here are 10 Christmas melodies \u2013 probably already inexorably etched in your brain \u2013 with suggested lyrics for Muslim listeners: <\/p>\n

1. Silent Night<\/b>
\nMelody, based on Austrian folk music and Yodeling, composed in 1818 by Austrian headmaster Franz Gruber.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Shahada<\/i> can be cantillated perfectly to Silent Night<\/i>:
\nLa-ila-ha-Il-lal-la\ufffd Mu-ham-mad-Ra-sul-lul-lah\ufffd
\nThere is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.<\/i><\/p>\n

2. Jingle Bells<\/b>
\nOriginally composed for an 1857 Boston Thanksgiving service.<\/i><\/p>\n

Allah Hu, Allah Hu, Allah Hu Allah
\nAllah Hu, Allah Hu, Allah Hu Allah
\nEy!<\/p>\n

3. The First Noel<\/b>
\nA Cornish\/English melody from the 16th century.<\/i><\/p>\n

Instead of\ufffd
\nNoel Noel, Noel Noel
\nBorn is the King of Israel<\/p>\n

\ufffdsing:
\nAllah Allah, Allah Allah
\nHe is the Lord of the U-ni-verse<\/p>\n

4. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer<\/b>
\nMelody by Johnny Marks; song based on a 1939 seasonal promotion for Montgomery Ward department stores in the US.<\/i><\/p>\n

Hasbi Rabbi Jallallah
\nMa fi Qalbi Ghayrullah
\nMy Lord is enough for me, Glory be to God
\nThere is nothing in my heart except God<\/i><\/p>\n

5. Hark the Herald, Angels Sing<\/b>
\nMelody, composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840, originally honored Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press.<\/i><\/p>\n

Tala\u2019a al-Bedru \u2018Alayna
\nMin Thaniyyat Al-Wada\u2019
\nWajaba al-Shukru \u2018Alayna
\nMa Da\u2019a Lillahi Da\u2019<\/p>\n

6. O Come, All Ye Faithful<\/b>
\nChristmas carol composed around 1743 by John Francis Wade, a Catholic layman.<\/i><\/p>\n

O Come All Ye Pilgrims
\nJoyful and with Taqwa
\nO Come Ye, O Come Ye
\nTo Holy Mecca!<\/p>\n

Allah-Humma-Salli-Ala-Mu-U-Ham-Mad\ufffd
\nAllah-Humma-Salli
\nAllah-Humma-Salli
\nAllah-Humma-Salli-Alal-Mus-Ta-Pha\ufffd<\/p>\n

7. We Three Kings<\/b>
\nAn Epiphany carol composed by Reverend John Henry Hopkins in 1857 for a New York City Christmas pageant.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ya Habibi Ya Muhammad
\nYa \u2018Arus Al-Khafiqayn
\nYa Mu\u2019ayyad Ya Mumajjad
\nYa Imam Al-Qiblatayn<\/p>\n

8. Rocking around the Christmas tree<\/b>
\nA popular American melody that hit the top of the charts in Christmas 1958 when released by Brenda Lee, who was fourteen years old at the time. <\/i><\/p>\n

We should be mindful of the creeping consumerism around Muslim holidays too:<\/p>\n

Flashing a credit card with glee
\nHave a happy holiday
\nEveryone\u2019s spending merrily
\nIn a new old fashioned way<\/p>\n

9. Deck the Halls<\/b>
\nOriginally a Welsh melody for \u201cNos Galan\u201d, a winter carol that Mozart used in the 18th century for a violin and piano duet.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ya-Nabi-Sa-Laam-Alai-Ka
\nNabi Yun Nabi, Nabi Nabi<\/p>\n

Ya-Rasul-Salam-\u2018Alayka
\nNabi Yun Nabi, Nabi Nabi<\/p>\n

Ya-Habib-Salam-\u2018Alayka
\nNabi Yun Nabi, Nabi Nabi<\/p>\n

Fa la la la la La la la la is also easily morphed into:
\nAllah Hu Allah, Allah Allah<\/p>\n

10. A Challenge to Readers<\/b>
\nI deliberately left this one blank to invite readers to submit suggestions for additional songs. How do you cope with the Holiday Sonic Season?<\/p>\n

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Mas\u2019ood Cajee lives in San Joaquin County, California. He can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)<\/span>
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