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How early is too early to listen to Christmas music?
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PFFF whenever Mariah Carey's "All i want for christmas (is you)" comes on on my shuffle.... i HAVE to listen to it no matter what hah
Then you have no problem avoiding it now, since its July and you're responding to a 2013 thread
Then you have no problem avoiding it now, since its July and you're responding to a 2013 thread
It's never too early to restart the annual War on Christmas.
I agree with others. Anytime after Thanksgiving is good. Anytime before is bad.
Any time before 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...any time after 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...
Any time before 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...any time after 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...
It is small window.......
Any time before 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...any time after 12:00:01AM Thanksgiving Day is bad...
Pretty much my view, as well.
Not sure when exactly Thanksgiving Day is, but, while immediately after Hallowe'en is usually considered acceptable in the British Isles, myself, I'd be perfectly happy not to hear a single Yuletide related note of song until after December 8 ..
It's too early to be asking when it's too early to be listening to Christmas music. Wait til Halloween.
I think I might be tempted to kill anyone playing Jingle Bells in July or August.
Traditional times to play Christmas music could run from the first Sunday in Advent -- generally starting four Sundays in front of Christmas, or around Thanksgiving in the USA-- to Epiphany (January 6). That would cover the time Christians celebrate as the advent or preparation for the coming of Jesus, and then through the 12 days from Christmas itself through Epiphany.
A lot of people around here leave their outdoor holiday lights up and wreaths on the door until Twelfth Night (night before Epiphany). And yes, play Christmas music well past Christmas Day.
Sigh, but then there's my old boss. Once she had bought an artificial Christmas tree for her apartment in NYC, she decided to leave it up every year until St. Patrick's Day because it made the winter less boring. I hope to God she wasn't playing Xmas music the whole time.
Traditional times to play Christmas music could run from the first Sunday in Advent -- generally starting four Sundays in front of Christmas, or around Thanksgiving in the USA-- to Epiphany (January 6). That would cover the time Christians celebrate as the advent or preparation for the coming of Jesus, and then through the 12 days from Christmas itself through Epiphany.
A lot of people around here leave their outdoor holiday lights up and wreaths on the door until Twelfth Night (night before Epiphany). And yes, play Christmas music well past Christmas Day.
Sigh, but then there's my old boss. Once she had bought an artificial Christmas tree for her apartment in NYC, she decided to leave it up every year until St. Patrick's Day because it made the winter less boring. I hope to God she wasn't playing Xmas music the whole time.
For regular Christmas music, I'd say it's okay no earlier than December 23rd.
However, for my own listening pleasure, Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics is good er, stuff, year 'round.
However, for my own listening pleasure, Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics is good er, stuff, year 'round.
As much as I enjoy Christmas and the holiday spirit, I cannot stand Christmas music. #1 reason why is there's only what, 30 songs?? It's gets pretty unbearable when the radio stations play the same songs over, and over, and over, and over.
Probably more like 30,000.
Even Wikipedia's very incomplete list of Christmas hit singles in the United States names more than 30 songs...
Probably more like 30,000.
Even Wikipedia's very incomplete list of Christmas hit singles in the United States names more than 30 songs...
Yeah, but a lot of them are just different artists singing the same songs.
But you know what's even worse than Christmas songs on repeat? Hallmark & Lifetime channel Christmas movies. Where every. Single. Movie. has the. Exact. Same. Plot. Oh my god it is so repetitive. And my wife loooooooves them.
Listing to just one radio station might give you the impression that there's a total of 30 Christmas songs in existence -- after all, stations play songs that fit the station's format -- but trust me, there are thousands of them that have been written during the last 400 years or so alone.
There's very few duplicates on the Billboard list and the list is extremely incomplete. It only covers a few of the top "pop" songs that have been on the top of Billboard's charts. There's hundreds of other Christmas songs found in hymnbooks and songs printed during the 1800s and 1900s on sheet music, and hundreds more Classical music pieces, etc.
I'm pretty sure that the Hallmark & Lifetime channels are the feature channels that are played 24/7 to further torment those poor souls trapped in Hell.
As much as I enjoy Christmas and the holiday spirit, I cannot stand Christmas music. #1 reason why is there's only what, 30 songs?? It's gets pretty unbearable when the radio stations play the same songs over, and over, and over, and over.
You sir are correct.
For the record, I do enjoy some of it. It just depends on my mood. I'm a not before the day after Thanksgiving and not after Dec 26 kind of guy.