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Easter has a soundtrack just like Christmas, so why do we never hear it?

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 810 words · By Wendy Hargreaves
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What to know about Easter has a soundtrack just like Christmas, so why do we never hear it?

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Claims checked 16
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What happened

You can’t visit the shops around Christmas time without hearing Feliz Navidad, Silent Night, or Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You.

Why it matters

So why was Kate Ceberano’s song Bedroom Eyes blaring through the speakers as I did my Easter chocolate shopping this week?

Common ground

Both Easter and Christmas come with religious beliefs, secular icons, public holidays and highway traffic jams – but where Christmas music thrives on a commercial level, the Easter soundtrack seems trapped behind the one rabbit-proof fence that actually…

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Easter gifts weren’t always about chocolate; historically, presents were more varied.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about Easter chocolate shopping traditions or associated songs.
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Claim 2: “Traditional Good Friday services include Isaac Watts’ hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about specific songs or cultural practices related to the claim.
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Claim 3: “Kate Ceberano’s song Bedroom Eyes was playing during Easter chocolate shopping.”
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Wikipedia entries about 2019/2020 albums do not mention 'Bedroom Eyes' or its association with Easter chocolate shopping. No direct evidence supports the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2019. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2019_albums
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2020. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2020_albums
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Claim 4: “Easter’s associations in Christianity aren’t as marketable as those of Christmas.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about commercialization during Easter vs. Christmas. No direct references to market trends or cultural comparisons.
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Claim 5: “James Barnett noted in 1949 that old Easter advertisements featured perfumes, liquor, Bibles, and new clothes.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about specific songs or cultural practices related to the claim.
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Claim 6: “Easter Sunday services often feature Crown Him with Many Crowns and Christ the Lord is Risen Today.”
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Claim 7: “Colin Buchanan’s 2016 song Aussie Easter Hat Parade is not commonly played in supermarkets.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “You can’t visit the shops around Christmas time without hearing Feliz Navidad, Silent Night, or Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You.”
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Wikipedia entries mention Christmas music and carols but do not specifically cite 'Feliz Navidad', 'Silent Night', or 'All I Want for Christmas is You' as common songs. General references lack specificity to confirm the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a list of Christmas episodes of regular United States television series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Christma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse
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Claim 9: “Easter music exists in orchestral and choral performances, including Bach’s St John Passion.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about specific songs or cultural practices related to the claim.
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Claim 10: “The 2011 film Hop repurposed I Want Candy to be about chocolate.”
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Claim 11: “Handel’s Messiah tells the entire story of Christ and is popular at both Christmas and Easter.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about specific songs or cultural practices related to the claim.
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Claim 12: “The commercialisation of Christmas ramped up in department stores in the early 20th century.”
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Wikipedia entries about Christmas and 'Is This Christmas?' do not specify department store commercialization in the early 20th century. General references lack the required specificity.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is about 350 kilometres (190 nautical…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Is This Christmas?" is a single by English indie pop band The Wombats. "Is This Christmas?" was the first single released since the singles from the album The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Lov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_This_Christmas?
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Claim 13: “The Easter Bunny is Comin’ to Town (1977) is less known than Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1934).”
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Claim 14: “Gene Autry re-recorded Here Comes Peter Cottontail in 1950 with some success.”
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Claim 15: “The Mills Brothers recorded the African American spiritual Were You There for Easter services.”
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No evidence found in live sources to confirm or refute claims about specific songs or cultural practices related to the claim.
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Claim 16: “Irving Berlin’s 1933 song Easter Parade describes strolling down New York’s Fifth Avenue.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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