I have a question to pose...when is it appropriate to start playing Christmas music in public? I had to add the "in public" there because I went to the Parade of Lights last weekend and got in the spirit of things by jiving to U2's "Baby Please Come Home" and Otis Redding's "Merry Christmas Baby." And yes I realize it isn't December yet but I wanted to get in the holiday mood.
Now despite my eagerness to jump on the holiday bandwagon in the comfort of my own home, I found it odd when I went to the grocery store last night and they were playing Christmas music. Maybe it would feel more appropriate if it was actually cold outside, it's been abnormally weird here the last few weeks.
One of my favourite radio shows, Freestyle on the CBC, is having a vote by its listeners to determine which date in December they will start playing Christmas music on their programme. I kind of feel that maybe the malls and grocery stores should follow this lead.
Mind you I'm baking cookies and writing out my Christmas cards today...maybe it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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Hello, In response to your query as to when is it appropriate to begin playing Christmas music in public, I personally feel that after Thanksgiving is too early but come December 1st may the halls decked and sleigh bells rung. Christmas displays in October and over 2 months of caroling seems like one long neverending late night commercial impelling you to buy, buy buy. The more you hear it the more pressured you become, the more pressured you become the more you you feel like forgetting about everything and hoping a plane to some tropical land. Then the quilt slowly creeps in, so to ofset your lack of suitable spirit and grinch like thoughts, you buy more. At home, however, I started listening to yuletide carols and jingling tunes in September.
P.S. Christmas songs give Kathryn the heebies.
P.P.S I am starting Christmas baking next week. What cookies are you making?
Sugar cookies. They are about the only thing I can make without burning the house down.
Heebies? Sweet. Today I'm playing only Bing Crosby then. All day long.
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HEre's my thoughts on the matter.
They have been playing the Christms tracks in Shoppers and The Gap for a few weeks now and I wholeheartedly think it's too soon. I think that people playing it in the comfort of their home is acceptable-but this is because they aren't mandated by head office to play said Christmas music on a repeat loop until boxing day.
One gets tired of the tinny soundtrack played in stores for over a month.
I might be bitter though b/c Auburn is doing a "Stop the Bop" fundraiser and have been playing MMMMMBop obsessively all day. It will not stop until we raise $1500. I want to kill someone and fear that if I do I won't get my teaching certificate.
Stop the madness. All of it!
K
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