And so it begins....even earlier than usual this year

[grapabeaux]

So I'm driving home from work today, flipping through stations, and I hear the Bruce, his tamborine, and the E Street piano:

You guys been good? You been practicin' real hard?
Clarence, you been rehearsin' real hard now, so Santa'll bring you a new saxophone?
Everybody out there been good, or what?
Awww, that's not too many. You guys are in trouble...

....Yeah, you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin'....to town

Oh my frickin' God - it's November second. Don't radio stations that go all-Christmas format waiti until after Thanksgiving anymore? (And yes, the station called itself "K-Santa" and played some syrupy jazz-lite version of "Let it Snow" after Bruce was done.)

[bella-day]

One of our local Credit Unions had a sign on their front lawn advertising Christmas loans before Halloween.

[Dragon1963]

If I here any Christmas songs here before Thanksgiving I'm going to start a boycott of that station.

[PeterGriffin]

This is part of liberals insidious plot for the War On Christmas, to sneak up the start of the selling season until just after the 4th of July, and then everybody just gets so sick of of it all they ashcan the whole thing. Mwahahahaaaaaa.

[ThrowCop]

I'm gonna eat a Poinsettia plant by next week...

[angelicmadrigal]

Don't radio stations that go all-Christmas format waiti until after Thanksgiving anymore? (And yes, the station called itself "K-Santa" and played some syrupy jazz-lite version of "Let it Snow" after Bruce was done.)

Exactly, I personally like to deal with ONE holiday at a time. Is that so much to ask?

[Lima India Bravo]

This is part of liberals insidious plot for the War On Christmas, to sneak up the start of the selling season until just after the 4th of July, and then everybody just gets so sick of of it all they ashcan the whole thing. Mwahahahaaaaaa.

Has the War on Christmas started already? Why didn't somebody say something? Now I'm going to miss the first attack. My uniform's at the dry cleaner. :((

[CaptPops]

This is aboiut the time of the year that the big department stores start hiring and training their santa clauses.

[malnila]

I'm sitting in Panda Express having a panda bowl for lunch and hearing Christmas music. Way tooooo surreal. :frown:

[hatman]

For quite a while now, I've wished that Christmas was like the Olympics.
It only occurs every 4 years.

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

I've not heard Christmas Carols 'yet' on the radio...but I've seen Halloween stuff (decorations, costumes etc) along side Thanksgiving decorations, place ware, etc with the beginnings of Christmas decorations, gifts...green and red all within the same section of stores.

Now I'm all for being organized....heck, even like to get my Christmas cards made out and sent off the day after Thanksgiving...but dear flying frogs! Let me at least enjoy one season festivity at a time! Seeing a scary mask or skelly with decaying hand right next to a Tom the Turkey dinner place setting for 12 which is right next too brightly decorated Christmas paper and red bows, tree lights and stand up doll like Santa's is just too weird for me.

I'm so not ready to begin hearing carols where ever I go..in stores, on the radio, in the bank...not yet...Thanksgiving Day needs to come and go before I can even deal with the dreaded barrage of holiday music. :wall:

~Mysty

[chichimama]

The local Walmart was playing Christmas music and putting out Christmas items for sale yesterday when I went grocery shopping.

[supreme_war_Pig]

Exactly, I personally like to deal with ONE holiday at a time. Is that so much to ask?

You know, it really isn't. This irritates me. Especially since it has nothing to do with the holiday itself, they are just trying to extend the shopping season.

I hate how the intent of holidays has been perverted in the country.

[RTchoke]

Exactly, I personally like to deal with ONE holiday at a time. Is that so much to ask?

Me too. That is the rule in this house. NOTHING Christmas is taken out, no DVD's yet, no music until after Thanksgiving.

The one thing I do is buy some presents early and hide them so I can spread the cost around a couple of months. We have property taxes due 10 days before Christmas so I have to budget around in order to get most things bought before I have to start getting the tax money together.

[Conservative16]

If I here any Christmas songs here before Thanksgiving I'm going to start a boycott of that station.

Me too. 103.7 KVIL in Dallas-Fort Worth started playing Christmas Music on November 1, guess who isn't going to listen to them this December :rolleyes:

Christmas Music should never be played before Thanksgiving. Personally I don't like listening to it until December. Same goes with Christmas themed advertisements. Saw the Christmas Overstock.com commericial as well as a Christmas Toys r Us commericial and Christmas Zales commercial in the same commercial break yesterday as I watched TV.

[NascarGirl2448]

I can't wait for WMAG to start playing Christmas music. I look forward to it every year. Actually saw a Christmas themed commercial on TV last night, although for the life of me I can't remember what it was advertising. Either way, right after Halloween the Christmas stuff starts. Shoot I used to put my Christmas lights up on Thanksgiving and decorate the rest of the house the day after.

[Mimiheart]

What? The Cupids aren't up at your stores yet?

[kenpoman]

XM radio will solve this issue.
I got mine three years ago - never looked back

[RTchoke]

XM radio will solve this issue.
I got mine three years ago - never looked back

They will have a station on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes. I don't remember when they start playing it though not which station it's on.

[grapabeaux]

What? The Cupids aren't up at your stores yet?


Those will go up on New Year's Day, thereby ensuring that between Halloween and February 14, there will be only one week (between Christmas and New Years) in which the diamond industry will not be drowing my TV in saccharine ads equating love with expensive rocks and rings.

(They haven't come up with an ad campaign for "Halloween diamonds" yet, have they?)

[CaffeineHat]

Shopping centers here had decorations up two weeks before halloween and I went into the sporting goods store yesterday and they were playing Xmas Muzak. I almost pushed a display over...very relaxing...:))

[brody]

I suggest that you either enjoy it or just ignore it.

Because if the libs had their way, there would be no music or decorations at all.

Be careful what you wish for...

[CaffeineHat]

I suggest that you either enjoy it or just ignore it.

Because if the libs had their way, there would be no music or decorations at all.

Be careful what you wish for...
Just for the record, I'm a steenking librul and I'm Jewish. I don't have an issue with Christmas songs or decorations, and being from Chicago I even like the snow even though we never get it in Texas. What I do see is retailers getting ready for a potentially weak season gearing up early and drowning us in the holidays a month earlier than they normally do.

I was commenting on the scheduling issue and the fact that it would have been nice to enjoy Halloween or Thanksgiving before having the decorations put up. It's also a little silly because when they went up it was still in the 80's here. I mean come on, it's not winter until it's 75 or below here. Brrr...:))

Try not to paint so-called "libs" with such a broad brush. I don't want to ruin anyone's fun and I certainly would never persecute someone based on their religious beliefs for what should be obvious reasons.

[CaptPops]

The wife puts up decorations about the 1st of November inside of the house. She is from a family of 13, and was born during the depression. She missed out on Christmas when she was a kid, so she is making up for it now, and she is happy. If Mama is happy, everybody is happy.

[kenpoman]

They will have a station on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes. I don't remember when they start playing it though not which station it's on.

there's usually 5 or 6 of them.
start Thanksgiving weekend and run til Dec 26

but there is minimial bleedover onto the music channels

[brody]

Just for the record, I'm a steenking librul and I'm Jewish.

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Try not to paint so-called "libs" with such a broad brush.

Well then, I'll be more specific and exclude "steenking librul[s]". :)

[RTchoke]

there's usually 5 or 6 of them.
start Thanksgiving weekend and run til Dec 26

but there is minimial bleedover onto the music channels

that's what I like about it. You pretty much can choose to listen or not because it's grouped into their own stations. :mrgreen:

[Sinister Rouge]

Christmas carols make me hate Christmas.
That and working retail...

[NascarGirl2448]

Christmas carols make me hate Christmas.
That and working retail...

UGH. I worked retail in college, and honestly by the time Christmas rolled around, I was ready to strangle someone!!!

[Dragon1963]

Me too. 103.7 KVIL in Dallas-Fort Worth started playing Christmas Music on November 1, guess who isn't going to listen to them this December :rolleyes:

Christmas Music should never be played before Thanksgiving. Personally I don't like listening to it until December. Same goes with Christmas themed advertisements. Saw the Christmas Overstock.com commericial as well as a Christmas Toys r Us commericial and Christmas Zales commercial in the same commercial break yesterday as I watched TV.

Haven't seen any TV commercials yet, but I'm sure there will be some soon.

[gb2004]

So I'm driving home from work today, flipping through stations, and I hear the Bruce, his tamborine, and the E Street piano:

You guys been good? You been practicin' real hard?
Clarence, you been rehearsin' real hard now, so Santa'll bring you a new saxophone?
Everybody out there been good, or what?
Awww, that's not too many. You guys are in trouble...

....Yeah, you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin'....to town

Oh my frickin' God - it's November second. Don't radio stations that go all-Christmas format waiti until after Thanksgiving anymore? (And yes, the station called itself "K-Santa" and played some syrupy jazz-lite version of "Let it Snow" after Bruce was done.)

Bruce sounds like he's passing a stone in this song.

[Sinister Rouge]

UGH. I worked retail in college, and honestly by the time Christmas rolled around, I was ready to strangle someone!!!


I used to work in a grocery store between semesters. The only time I saw a crazier day than Xmas eve was the day before a tropical storm. Except we sold more beer before the storm...

[buildingbridges]

I don't think that Christmas music and decorations should used until after Thanksgiving. We need to remember and teach our children the importance of Thanksgiving. I remember waking up on Thanksgiving morning to the wonderful smells that filled the house. Breakfast was hardly eaten because you wanted to save your appetite for the delicious meal to come. Waiting for the relatives to arrive was almost unbearable, so when no one was looking you tasted bits and pieces of the meal ahead of time. When the family finally arrived we would sit down to a feast that lasted all day and we knew what we were thankful for. We were thankful to be living in this GREAT nation. Our parents and grandparents were proud that we would be going to college, something they could only dream of. My grandparents came to America and never looked back. They would talk about "the old country", but never again called it "MY COUNTRY". For them America now became "my country" and they couldn't be more proud to say it. They came here and they LOVED America. They worked hard and reaped their due rewards. They did not expect America to take care of them. They took care of America. They were America.

[mtbeaches]

I don't think that Christmas music and decorations should used until after Thanksgiving. We need to remember and teach our children the importance of Thanksgiving. I remember waking up on Thanksgiving morning to the wonderful smells that filled the house. Breakfast was hardly eaten because you wanted to save your appetite for the delicious meal to come. Waiting for the relatives to arrive was almost unbearable, so when no one was looking you tasted bits and pieces of the meal ahead of time. When the family finally arrived we would sit down to a feast that lasted all day and we knew what we were thankful for. We were thankful to be living in this GREAT nation. Our parents and grandparents were proud that we would be going to college, something they could only dream of. My grandparents came to America and never looked back. They would talk about "the old country", but never again called it "MY COUNTRY". For them America now became "my country" and they couldn't be more proud to say it. They came here and they LOVED America. They worked hard and reaped their due rewards. They did not expect America to take care of them. They took care of America. They were America.
I couldn't agree with you more. Your description of Thanksgiving brings back memories of my own Thanksgiving Days. I think that is why it's my favorite holiday! It's terrible how it gets so overlooked now.

[supreme_war_Pig]

I don't think that Christmas music and decorations should used until after Thanksgiving. We need to remember and teach our children the importance of Thanksgiving. I remember waking up on Thanksgiving morning to the wonderful smells that filled the house. Breakfast was hardly eaten because you wanted to save your appetite for the delicious meal to come. Waiting for the relatives to arrive was almost unbearable, so when no one was looking you tasted bits and pieces of the meal ahead of time. When the family finally arrived we would sit down to a feast that lasted all day and we knew what we were thankful for. We were thankful to be living in this GREAT nation. Our parents and grandparents were proud that we would be going to college, something they could only dream of. My grandparents came to America and never looked back. They would talk about "the old country", but never again called it "MY COUNTRY". For them America now became "my country" and they couldn't be more proud to say it. They came here and they LOVED America. They worked hard and reaped their due rewards. They did not expect America to take care of them. They took care of America. They were America.

Wow....that's exactly how I remember it as well. I also remember that the special plates, water pitchers, etc came also. What happy memories!

[RTchoke]

Wow....that's exactly how I remember it as well. I also remember that the special plates, water pitchers, etc came also. What happy memories!

Same here. You always knew it was thanksgiving when certain serving bowls and what not were getting washed a ready a few days prior to the gluttony. :razz:

We used to have the whole family at my grandparents. So many people you couldn't sit around a table. All us cousins upstairs playing cards and games until dinner, then spending the rest of the day playing board games and more cards while porking down pieces of pie and pretty much grazing until we fell asleep.

Ah, the memories.

[NascarGirl2448]

I don't think that Christmas music and decorations should used until after Thanksgiving. We need to remember and teach our children the importance of Thanksgiving. I remember waking up on Thanksgiving morning to the wonderful smells that filled the house. Breakfast was hardly eaten because you wanted to save your appetite for the delicious meal to come. Waiting for the relatives to arrive was almost unbearable, so when no one was looking you tasted bits and pieces of the meal ahead of time. When the family finally arrived we would sit down to a feast that lasted all day and we knew what we were thankful for. We were thankful to be living in this GREAT nation. Our parents and grandparents were proud that we would be going to college, something they could only dream of. My grandparents came to America and never looked back. They would talk about "the old country", but never again called it "MY COUNTRY". For them America now became "my country" and they couldn't be more proud to say it. They came here and they LOVED America. They worked hard and reaped their due rewards. They did not expect America to take care of them. They took care of America. They were America.

Sounds like Thanksgiving when I was a kid!!! Me, my mom, my dad, my grandparents, aunts & uncles would all be at our house. I remember getting off the school bus on Wednesday afternoon happy as could be that I was out of school for a couple of days. Then Thanksgiving morning, when mom would cook a huge breakfast, then later in the day we would have dinner, around 4 or so. My uncle would always want to be the official "honey baked ham" tester, and mom would yell at him to stay out of the kitchen!

Mom still puts on a dog and pony show, as my cousin calls it, at holiday dinners, but I don't think we'll be doing much this year. My family is so scattered all over the country that getting together in one place is impossible. Plus mom just had surgery the other day, and its gonna take a while to recover from that. But my cousin and his girlfriend are coming, and he's a gourmet chef, so we may end up having a fancy dinner after all. I miss fighting my uncle for the turkey legs though!

[Poisonshady313]

My uniform's at the dry cleaner. :((

Two words: Guerrilla warfare.

[Poisonshady313]

They will have a station on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes. I don't remember when they start playing it though not which station it's on.

Correction: They will have SEVERAL stations on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes.

At least 4 or 5.


But there will be one Chanukah station :)

[Harmonious]

Correction: They will have SEVERAL stations on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes.

At least 4 or 5.


But there will be one Chanukah station :)
:doh:

Are you serious? There aren't enough songs, and... but... but... I give up.

[Poisonshady313]

(They haven't come up with an ad campaign for "Halloween diamonds" yet, have they?)

Not officially... but they could start advertising for LifeGem.


The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the
carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another.


The carbon can be gathered from a lock of hair, so that a gem made from the carbon of a living person is possible... but typically, when one thinks LifeGem... the carbon is gathered from one's cremated remains.

Closest thing to a Halloween Diamond as I can think of.

[Harmonious]

Christmas carols make me hate Christmas.
That and working retail...
Now, now...

I worked in Toys "R" Us for three "seasons," and I found it fun and exciting.

True, during the first stint, I resented the fact that as the only Jew in the store, I was made to be in charge of the Christmas music. Still, I got to choose which Christmas CDs I played. :twisted:

But as for working retail... I'm also one of the people who exist who can smile for more than 8 hours straight. (What scared some people is that I smiled and meant it.) Some people are truly scary, but if you are enough of a people person, you can defuse almost any situation.

Ask me to tell you about my episode with unicorns...

It is interesting and entertaining to find out how much money people are willing to spend. It is almost as entertaining as finding out what people will spend money ON.

However, one thing almost made me physically ill: the toy and cartoon themed Christmas trees and stockings. Look - I realize that the trees and stockings are meant to be sentimental and remind people of good feelings. But is a pink Barbie tree, or a blue "Rudolph" tree (so named for the holiday special that's over 30 years old - the cartoon is a golden oldie, but the tree? Ugh...), or the lavender "Disney Princess" tree, or the red "Spiderman" tree...

I realize that Christmas has been made into a marketing bonanza, but something about that seems to me to be obscene. :sick:

I am blessedly thankful that when Toys "R" Us finally remembered Chanuka (a day or two after the start of it, but whatever), the only thing they really had was a few simple aluminum menorahs, candles, a few dreidles, chocolate gelt, and wrapping paper with a menorah print. Oh, and a video of the Rugrats Chanukah special. But beyond that, I'm glad that Chanukah was by and large forgotten by Toys "R" Us. Truly.

[Dragon1963]

Not officially... but they could start advertising for LifeGem.


The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the
carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another.


The carbon can be gathered from a lock of hair, so that a gem made from the carbon of a living person is possible... but typically, when one thinks LifeGem... the carbon is gathered from one's cremated remains.

Closest thing to a Halloween Diamond as I can think of.

More appropriate to"Dia de los Muertos" than Halloween.

[Harmonious]

Not officially... but they could start advertising for LifeGem.


The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the
carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another.


The carbon can be gathered from a lock of hair, so that a gem made from the carbon of a living person is possible... but typically, when one thinks LifeGem... the carbon is gathered from one's cremated remains.

Closest thing to a Halloween Diamond as I can think of.Spooky! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6opToSj942k)

[RTchoke]

Correction: They will have SEVERAL stations on soon with 24/7 Christmas tunes.

At least 4 or 5.


But there will be one Chanukah station :)

Yeah, but I only listen to the classic one. You know, Bing Crosby etc. :razz:

[Sketch]

i think it's time we put Santa back in Christmas

[Hadassah]

So I'm driving home from work today, flipping through stations, and I hear the Bruce, his tamborine, and the E Street piano:

You guys been good? You been practicin' real hard?
Clarence, you been rehearsin' real hard now, so Santa'll bring you a new saxophone?
Everybody out there been good, or what?
Awww, that's not too many. You guys are in trouble...

....Yeah, you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin'....to town

Oh my frickin' God - it's November second. Don't radio stations that go all-Christmas format waiti until after Thanksgiving anymore? (And yes, the station called itself "K-Santa" and played some syrupy jazz-lite version of "Let it Snow" after Bruce was done.)


One of the radio stations around here did the same thing...started playing Christmas songs on Nov. 1st. I HATE it when they play Christmas songs from Thanksgiving on; this is even worse. If I didn't make a point of leaving those radio stations off, I'd be a regular Scrooge by Christmas. :wall:

[Apatriot]

So I'm driving home from work today, flipping through stations, and I hear the Bruce, his tamborine, and the E Street piano:

You guys been good? You been practicin' real hard?
Clarence, you been rehearsin' real hard now, so Santa'll bring you a new saxophone?
Everybody out there been good, or what?
Awww, that's not too many. You guys are in trouble...

....Yeah, you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin'....to town

Oh my frickin' God - it's November second. Don't radio stations that go all-Christmas format waiti until after Thanksgiving anymore? (And yes, the station called itself "K-Santa" and played some syrupy jazz-lite version of "Let it Snow" after Bruce was done.)

My wife has been known to break out Christmas music as early as October. However, we've had a late starting fall here....

[natalie addict]

Do you know why Santa is so jolly? He knows where all the bad girls live.

[brody]

I wasn't annoyed until I saw that the Overstock.com commercial is back.

[NascarGirl2448]

I can't wait for the Budweiser commercials. The horses are absolutely beautiful trotting through the snow.