Sometimes the whole thing about Christmas can get to be a bit much with all of the music blaring out the speakers, all of the good cheer and the gaudy decorations everywhere. Maybe that's why we've had Ebenezer Scrooge and The Grinch all these years to provide the other point of view although they eventually found their way to the other side.
A similar point is being expressed (breezily, mind you) by the lady in this song, "Juu-ni-gatsu no Atsui Natsu" (Hot Summer in December) as sung by singer-songwriter Megumi Shiina（椎名 恵）. She composed the late 1980s City Pop tune while Keiko Aso（麻生圭子）wrote the lyrics of the woman in question fleeing to a more exotic environment during the Yuletide season to rid herself of any memories of a lost romance. Christmas simply brings back too many melancholy memories.
However, what she has lost in love, I think that I have gained in pure City Pop enjoyment with those familiar keyboards and the bass thrum. "Juu-ni-gatsu no Atsui Natsu" is also a track on her "29 Twenty-Nine ~ W Concerto II" album from June 1988. I've already written about the title track back in June. With all due respect to the protagonist within the song, I would prefer being in Tokyo listening to this instead of some tropical country.
What a great song. It's new one to me. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy.
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