Dan Fogelberg - "Same Old Lang Syne"

With holiday music already charting and airing on the radio,
I thought this would the time of the year to discuss whether
Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" is a holiday song.
This song first charted in 1980 during the seasonally
appropriate month of December, but would peak two months
later in February long after Christmas and New Year's. So,
should this only be played this time of year or is it
lyrically suitable to be listened to all year round?

I distinctly remember hearing the song on the radio with the “epilogue” removed-—it edited from the “another old lang syne”
lyric right into the sax solo at the end.

Custom job, or was this on a promo?

Edited by sriv94

The Annie Lennox and Al Green version of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is also considered to be a Christmas song, because it was featured on the soundtrack of the Christmas movie "Scrooged", even though the lyrics of the song don't have anything to do with the holiday season, and radio stations play it all year round.

Add "Winter Wonderland" to the list of Christmas songs
that never mentions the holiday.

And for a chart hit that I've always questioned... New
Kids on the Block's "This One's For The Children",
considered a Christmas song strictly because it appears
on their holiday collection.

Paul Haney wrote: I never thought of it as a holiday song. It's more a romantic song about lost love that just happens to be set during the holidays. And based on a true story, BTW.

I agree with Paul's point of view. I'll also add that when it was a hit, I was in
college, and in my college dorm, we just thought of it as a regular song
(that mentioned 'old lang syne'). I don't think any of us thought we were
listening to a Christmas song as it was climbing and falling down the chart.
Because of the Dec 31st reference in the title, it started getting added to
Christmas playlists and probably Christmas stations on Sirius XM. But I
really don't think of it as a holiday song.

Whereas "Winter Wonderland" is on so many Xmas albums, it is considered
one, though the holiday isn't mentioned. If we gave it some thought, I'm
sure we could come up with a long list of "Christmas" songs that never
mention the word "Christmas" in them.