Christmas music the holiday in some way. Many tunes adopted into the Christmas canon fall into the generic Winter classification, as they carry no Christmas connotation at all. Others were written to celebrate other holidays and gradually came to cover the Christmas season. Borrowing from the title of the Robert Burns standard "Auld Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" (1980) tells a Christmas Eve story and is now frequently played during the holiday season. Perry Como famously sang Franz Schubert's setting of "Ave Maria" in his televised Christmas special each year, including the song on "The Perry Como Christmas Album"
The Good Old Song The Good Old Song "The Good Old Song' (alternatively spelled as "The Good Ole Song") is the de facto alma mater of the University of Virginia. The song is often said to be the University's fight song, although the official fight song is the Cavalier Song. It is set to the music of Auld Lang Syne, a song otherwise commonly sung on New Year's Eve. The Good Old Song is most commonly sung by Virginia Cavaliers fans following sports victories. Fans join hands or embrace as they sway back and forth, singing the first verse of the song, followed by