Xmas music in the stores

[evesdream]

Right after Halloween, they started. Canadians were so pissed off about it that a national chain had to put out a release saying they would be temporarily suspending the Christmas music piped into the stores until further notice.

I guess some people don't mind it though. When do you think the appropriate time is to start playing holiday music in stores?

 

[blobfish]

What does this have to do with Obama?

 

[evesdream]

What does this have to do with Obama?

You get to vote in this poll

 

[Disgustipated]

Right after Halloween, they started. Canadians were so pissed off about it that a national chain had to put out a release saying they would be temporarily suspending the Christmas music piped into the stores until further notice.

I guess some people don't mind it though. When do you think the appropriate time is to start playing holiday music in stores?

There was a major chain here that put out an ad to let everyone know there would be no Xmas bullshit until after Turkey Day in their stores.

 

[Wings]

I hate Christmas music as it is and when I have to hear it months before the actual holiday it makes me want to stab people and run out of the store.


I wish we didn't live in such a material dominated society that has to push the next big money holiday. How about giving people a break to recover from one?

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

after halloween

 

[blobfish]

You get to vote in this poll

Even though there's no libertarian option, I voted.

 

[evesdream]

There was a major chain here that put out an ad to let everyone know there would be no Xmas bullshit until after Turkey Day in their stores.

That's the spirit!

I hate Christmas music as it is and when I have to hear it months before the actual holiday it makes me want to stab people and run out of the store.


I wish we didn't live in such a material dominated society that has to push the next big money holiday. How about giving people a break to recover from one?

What if they just stopped playing that goddamned Paul McCartney song, at the very least?

 

[Sinny]

I hate that my local craft store put out the Christmas shit Oct. 1. What they fuck, why? It makes me want to go off the grid until January out of protest. There needs to be a society built around the "no Christmas shit until Dec. 1" concept. Stat.

 

[blobfish]

I hate that my local craft store put out the Christmas shit Oct. 1. What they fuck, why? It makes me want to go off the grid until January out of protest. There needs to be a society built around the "no Christmas shit until Dec. 1" concept. Stat.

Bill O'Reilly is gonna be pissed at you.

 

[lovetoread]

Here, the stores had Halloween stuff and Christmas stuff right next to each other in September.

I can't stand the music so early, it should be done after thanksgiving, if at all.

 

[Angeline]

I started holiday shopping about a month ago, but I could do without the glitter and endless carols until at least December 1. I was raised Jewish and on Christmas Day we always went out for Chinese food and a movie. Were it not for my kids, who've always been happy to celebrate any holiday, I'd keep it that way.

 

[slave_]

 

[rosco rathbone]

Here in merka we still respect the holiday of xmas!

 

[hogjack]

Retailers are forecasting shortages of Baby Jesus replicas. Chinese manufacturers can't keep up with the demand.

I bought six today at Costco.

 

[cfuhrer]

I feel right at home in this thread (so far).

My mom and mother-in-law both love, love, LOVE Christmas, but even they wait until after the Thanksgiving dinner is back in the icebox to haul out the Christmas boxes from the storage shed.

It just grates on my nerves that so many people/stores/entities/whatever skip over a national day of thanks because it doesn't make them money. No wonder we're all so miserable, we don't stop and give thanks for what we do have.

 

[killallhippies]

who hates nat king cole? that's just inhuman.

 

[cfuhrer]

who hates nat king cole? that's just inhuman.

I would listen to that man sing the tax code, happily. I might even hum along.

 

[evesdream]

I don't get the enduring popularity of this one. Is it because it's Saint Paul?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-sXrdQtog

I feel right at home in this thread (so far).

My mom and mother-in-law both love, love, LOVE Christmas, but even they wait until after the Thanksgiving dinner is back in the icebox to haul out the Christmas boxes from the storage shed.

It just grates on my nerves that so many people/stores/entities/whatever skip over a national day of thanks because it doesn't make them money. No wonder we're all so miserable, we don't stop and give thanks for what we do have.

We have Thanksgiving in October, but up here they like to ignore Remembrance Day.

 

[knot_sweet]

I can just barely cope with stores forcing commercial christmas crap down my throat in november.

But what really irritates the fuck out of me is seeing easter eggs on the shelves two weeks after christmas.

As for holiday music, stores don't tend to do that much here. They're too p.c. chicken to risk pissing off all the non christian shoppers.

 

[naughtycakes]

I don't spend a lot of time in stores, so it doesn't bother me.

I also don't have a tv and listen to NPR or my own music, so I don't get bombarded by Xmas commercials and jingles.

I think it's a bit much to start with all the Xmas stuff before Thanksgiving, though, so I voted on Dec. 1.

 

[Tryharder62]

I hate that my local craft store put out the Christmas shit Oct. 1. What they fuck, why? It makes me want to go off the grid until January out of protest. There needs to be a society built around the "no Christmas shit until Dec. 1" concept. Stat.

I think they do that because if you are going to make something you might need some time. I think they should start Christmas stuff after Thanksgiving. I think Thanksgiving gets forgotten.

 

[cfuhrer]

I hate that my local craft store put out the Christmas shit Oct. 1. What they fuck, why? It makes me want to go off the grid until January out of protest. There needs to be a society built around the "no Christmas shit until Dec. 1" concept. Stat.

I think they do that because if you are going to make something you might need some time. I think they should start Christmas stuff after Thanksgiving. I think Thanksgiving gets forgotten.

I have to agree that craft and fabric stores get a pass.

But when my local hardware store switches out kitchen supply for Christmas ornaments and decor on 10/1, that's cause for concern.

 

[ivantheterrible]

I don't spend a lot of time in stores, so it doesn't bother me.

I also don't have a tv and listen to NPR or my own music, so I don't get bombarded by Xmas commercials and jingles.

I think it's a bit much to start with all the Xmas stuff before Thanksgiving, though, so I voted on Dec. 1.

are you one of my neighbors? almost all of us in a 3 mile stretch of road only have a tv to watch movies. almost everyone listens to NPR (but me and another agree that they need to drop the anti-gun shit on there).

i go to town either 18 miles away or in the other direction 30 miles away to do most of my big shopping twice a month. so, as you i am not assaulted by the holidays. for years i noticed christmas stuff out at the same time as halloween stuff. makes no sense other than to entice people with that nostalgic feeling (ooo..i'm gonna get something "christmas spirit" that people have been brainwashed with).

 

[phrodeau]

I don't spend a lot of time in stores, so it doesn't bother me.

I also don't have a tv and listen to NPR or my own music, so I don't get bombarded by Xmas commercials and jingles.

I think it's a bit much to start with all the Xmas stuff before Thanksgiving, though, so I voted on Dec. 1.

*tips hat*

I would rather not hear any music in stores at all, year round. They all seem to be playing crappy recordings through crappy equipment.