The final piece of traditional music that we used for
The Elf Who Killed Christmas is "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." After "
Silent Night" and "
Jingle Bells," I wasn't sure what other public domain Christmas music I wanted to use. I knew that I wanted to use "
Carol of the Bells," because the melody is so strongly in the minor mode. The problem was that I didn't know what the name of the tune was, since there are no lyrics, as it is just music. So I searched "minor key Christmas music," where I found the title of the tune, "Carol of the Bells." But I also found that "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is frequently paired with "Carol of the Bells," and listening to it, I felt that it also provided a nice minor melody, so I used it.
This time I gave the listener the obvious connection to the melody right at the beginning, instead of trying to make it a surprise what Christmas music was being remixed. After that, it becomes more obvious what melody is being looped throughout.
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