When is the proper time to start playing Christmas Music?

**cyrocksmypants** · 11-20-2009, 07:03 AM

I worked on retail long enough that my love for Christmas has been damaged beyond repair, but I still love Christmas music. I'd play it all year long if I could, but I think most cases say to start the day after Thanksgiving. That's usually when the 24 hour radio stations start up.

**ketchupnmustard** · 11-20-2009, 07:11 AM

For me it isn't a problem of when the Christmas music starts. It's a matter of how long until I'm sick of hearing the same 4 or 5 songs, etc, played over & over & over & over.

How many times can one person listen to Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town before being overcome by the rage virus?

**trigger1** · 11-20-2009, 09:01 AM

I refuse to allow open access to my iTunes Christmas tunes library in our office building until after Thanksgiving. IMO, Thanksgiving is rapidly becoming the unwanted cousin of Holidays. It gets lost between Halloween promotions in August and Christmas promotions in October. And I don't think that's a good thing. OK, rant over. Thanks for listening.

**kg-cyclone** · 11-20-2009, 09:03 AM

My ex girlfriend started in September...Always thought that was a little weird.

**Flag Guy** · 11-20-2009, 09:06 AM

I refuse to do anything Christmas related until the day after Thanksgiving. Maaaaaybe the evening of Thanksgiving if I'm bored.

****** me off when I was driving to Florida over the weekend and came across a station already playing Christmas music 24-7... a few were advertising that they were starting up after Thanksgiving but one was alredy doing that.

It's complete crap and only further serves to commercialize and water down the holiday. I really hope we get a consumer backlash to this crap soon...

**tim_redd** · 11-20-2009, 09:09 AM

december 24th 3:00 pm

**Flag Guy** · 11-20-2009, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by Arkansas

If you think Walmarts bad, Hobby Lobby has their fake Christmas trees up in late August.

I'll cut Hobby Lobby some slack (though it threw me off the first time I saw it so early)

The ONLY reason I'll cut them some slack is because they are a craft store, and people who do arts and crafts stuff usually want to work on that prior to the holiday season so they are ready with their crafts for the appropriate season.

That is the ONLY market that is appropriate to have such a long lead in to a holiday.

There is no excuse for Christmas lights to be hitting store shelves a week before Halloween

(or Thanksgiving for that matter - I meant I saw lights on store shelves a week before Halloween, not that it is ok for them to be up after Halloween)

**Todd** · 11-20-2009, 09:12 AM

Right after the TSO concert..whenever that may be.

**DaddyMac** · 11-20-2009, 09:15 AM

According to my mother.

Music ... August
Decorations - After halloween.

Mom is a Christmas nut! Of course she's doing her baking, cookies and such way early then freezing. So I suppose it makes certain sense.

Me? I'm with the post Thanksgiving crowd. But then again, I actually like Thanksgiving more that Christmas. A weekend pretty much dedicated to food and football - maybe God gave us his only son on Christmas, but he sure was looking out for the fellas at the end of November!

**clones26** · 11-20-2009, 09:16 AM

cmon people who can get sick of TSO, I went to that cocert last year and it was amazing...I say Nov 27th-Dec 25th this year.

**cstrunk** · 11-20-2009, 09:20 AM

I don't want to see anything Christmas related until after Thanksgiving. So I suppose it would be "OK" to play Christmas music then... but I still think it should be later than that so I voted Dec. 15th.

**cycopath25** · 11-20-2009, 09:27 AM

I teach in an elementary school and the music room is right next to mine. They have been singing X-mas music since early October. DRIVES ME NUTS, and I enjoy X-mas music AFTER THANKSGIVING.

**SC Cy** · 11-20-2009, 09:40 AM

I used to be of the opinion that all things Christmas start Thanksgiving night. Lately with the "urban sprawl" of Christmas I get caught up in the excitement and start a tad early...like this year. My lights are up on the house and the tree is in the window! We aren't 100% decorated but hopefully that happens this weekend. I like to be up and running for Thanksgiving.

I believe 104.5 here in Omaha starts its Christmas music this Monday. No problems here with me!

**cyrevkah** · 11-20-2009, 10:52 AM

Are you talking about stores and radio stations playing the music? Then for me it is after Thanksgiving.

I grew up singing Christmas Carols all of the time, they cheer me up. I would even play Christmas music at home all year if I was in the mood. Then thing that gets me though is that there are some really really bad carol versions. It seems like those bad versions end up repeating the most in the stores and on the radio. (Granted, I am pretty traditionalist about Christmas music too)