I Don't Believe in Conspiracies Even on Christmas

I got up early Christmas morning to do some writing and not to look under the Christmas tree or to go out and drive.  I did get some writing done and a couple other things in my office until I realized why I woke up so early.

I was doing some reading online and glancing out the window in case a flurry of snow came down and then I saw something that made me laugh out loud, but quietly.  The headline read, "Paul McCartney Sets Record Straight on Whether his Classic Christmas Song Encourages Witchcraft."  It was from The New York Post which I used to read regularly, but this was a real story.

There are big conspiracy theories such as "Oswald didn't kill Kennedy himself," "We knew about 9-11 before it happened," and some recent ones like, "Russia is responsible for Trump becoming president in 2016," and "President Trump Really Won in 2020." I don't buy any of those, but this story is hilarious.

In 1979 McCartney, (my favorite musician), wrote the song, "Wonderful Christmastime." He recently explained, " There is a theory online that the song is about people practicing witchcraft, getting found out and trying to cover it up. Thank goodness they found me out.  This is completely true and an actual fact, I am the head wizard of Liverpool. Either that ...or it's complete nonsense and you know it's the latter."

It gets better when he explained that fans mixed up the words, "The mood is right," but they heard the words "The moon is right."  He explained, " The thing is about this stuff, it's so easy to convince half the people in the world."

The song itself was voted by Esquire magazine as the worst Christmas song ever.  However, I did read the comments from a music professor who listed the lyrics as:

'The moon is right, the spirit's up, we're here tonight, and that's enough... Simply having a wonderful Christmastime." 

The word is mood and I hope this changes your mood the next time you hear some conspiracy theory whether it is minor or major.  Think about Paul McCartney being accused of encouraging witchcraft and you'll understand that most conspiracies are just nonsense.

(The picture above is the back of the album of his greatest hits album with his band Wings which came out on December 1, 1978 and Paul is on the right side)