Merry Christmas!

[FoBoT]

http://www.kansascity.com/742/story/340816.html

Local radio station Star 102 fired up the Christmas music this morning, the morning of Halloween.

Assuming they stop the carol tunes on Dec. 26, that?ll be two solid months of holiday cheer on the airwaves.

Is it way too early to start the Christmas music barrage? Or are you cranking up Nat King Cole and Bing Crosby today?

http://www.kansascity.com/ente...r_jr/story/339113.html

"It?s pretty simple. In a market where there are two radio stations doing Christmas music, the one who goes first is usually the winner. That?s been proven all over the country,? says former Entercom and CBS honcho Bob Zuroweste, a veteran Christmas music warrior. ?I?m talking about weeks ahead, not moments, hours or days ahead. If somebody decides to sit back and wait a few weeks, they?re going to lose.?

 

[effowe]

My god, I would have to put a bullet in my brain if I had to listen to two months of that crap. A couple weeks before-hand is fine to get in the spirit, but this is ridiculous.

 

[HN]

The workers at linens-n-things started things up at the beginning of october :Q. That, my friends, is 1/4 of your working life listening to christmas music.

 

[imported_LoKe]

The Tim Hortons down the street rolled out the Christmas cups a week or two ago.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Xmas music is epic fail. 2 months of it would drive me postal.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Xmas music is epic fail. 2 months of it would drive me postal.

 

[nakedfrog]

Any time before 12/25 is too soon, and any time after that is too late.

 

[shortylickens]

Thats minor.

My local Walmart started putting out the Xmas stuff in mid Sept.

 

[Leros]

So in 10 years or so Christmas crap will be on sale year round?

Somebody plot this and see where we stand in the future. I don't care enough and I'm hungry, so I'm not gonna do it.

 

[jamesave]

don't they usually do that right after thanksgiving?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Any time before 12/25 is too soon, and any time after that is too late.

:thumbsup:

Christmas music SUCKS. Give me one yearly playing of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer and one of Father Christmas by the Kinks. That's plenty.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: jamesave
don't they usually do that right after thanksgiving?

During the Thanksgiving holiday we would set up our Christmas lights and turn them on for the first time on Thanksgiving evening.

 

[Kelemvor]

We don't turn on the CHristmas music and such until the day after THanksgiving.

 

[Regs]

Macy's started doing it in my mall. Santa will be there in a week. WTF. Let Santa sleep.