I hung through debates and riots, recounts and lawsuits, but this is a bridge too far!

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/05/2020 at 21:20 • Filed to: I haven’t even put away my Halloween candy yet

24/7 Christmas music started today, NOVEMBER 5TH!

That’s it. I’m moving to Canada.

DISCUSSION (68)

ranwhenparked > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:28

I’ve heard Christmas music in several stores already, starting this past Monday. Fortunately, no Sir Paul McCartney yet, that one makes me want to jab a pencil in my ear.

Jb boin > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:28

I don’t think they have Santa out there.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:29

That’s why I’m fighting in the War on Christmas.

Any candidate who favors a ban on Christmas music and advertising before Thanksgiving gets my vote.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:31

What the deuce???

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:31

Saw lots of Christmas lights on my way home today. So stupid.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
11/05/2020 at 21:32

“I remember when Halloween was Halloween, and Santa wasn't poking his ASS into it!"

Chariotoflove > ranwhenparked
11/05/2020 at 21:32

You mean this one?

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher
11/05/2020 at 21:34

That’s when we started getting tootsie rolls and milk duds, I think.

subexpression > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:35

This Monday was my first weekly store ad full of nothing but Christmas stuff. It was depressing.

Chariotoflove > subexpression
11/05/2020 at 21:36

Bleh.

Chariotoflove > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/05/2020 at 21:37

At least it means the egg nog will flow longer.

Chariotoflove > Jb boin
11/05/2020 at 21:38

That’s okay when you have Amazon prime.

lone_liberal > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:39

Is their normal programming so unpopular that this would improve things? The only “Christmas music” acceptable this early are Vince Guaraldi instrumentals because that’s just jazz.

wkiernan > WilliamsSW
11/05/2020 at 21:39

I completely agree with that, but I also think Christmas lights should be up all year long .

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:39

I went to try and buy left over Halloween candy the other night.

In the spot where the Halloween candy was supposed to be there was a display of Christmas decorations.

Kiltedpadre > ranwhenparked
11/05/2020 at 21:44

Those poor poor retail workers. This is far too early to be subjected to “All I want for Christmas is you.”

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:45

Sounds about right.

ranwhenparked > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:46

Yes, God yes. Nothing against him personally, but that particular song just grates on me for some reason.

Kiltedpadre > subexpression
11/05/2020 at 21:47

I think most retailers in my area have already started “Black Friday starts today” advertisements. I see their reasoning, but it’s still annoying.

Chariotoflove > ranwhenparked
11/05/2020 at 21:48

It’s the cheesy 80s synth line.

Chariotoflove > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
11/05/2020 at 21:49

Yeah, stores have gotten too good at estimating candy inventory. There isn’t too much left at steep discount anymore.

Chariotoflove > lone_liberal
11/05/2020 at 21:51

They are the usual mix of top 40 and 80s/90s pop. Yes, the Vince Guaraldi Trio is always appropriate.

facw > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
11/05/2020 at 21:52

Yeah, the supermarkets don’t have leftover candy anymore. If you want to stock up at a discount your best bet seems to be to try on or right before Halloween. As soon as Halloween is past, that stuff is gone and the new seasonal stuff is in. Of course Halloween is no better, my local grocery store has had Halloween themed candy on display since August.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:52

For what its worth, I think their is a direct correlation between how early the Christmas music plays and the decorations come out, and how screwed up the rest of society is.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > ranwhenparked
11/05/2020 at 21:52

Both Lennon and McCartney’s chritmas songs are ear bleeding garbage.

facw > Kiltedpadre
11/05/2020 at 21:54

Seriously. It’s bad enough that my company plays it in our cafeteria, but the retail employees have to have that for two months.

smobgirl > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 21:56

Oh I’m already mentally ready to decorate because it makes me happy and I need something happy in my life right now. However...Christmas MUSIC is not something that makes me happy. Glitter and tinsel and lights and tacky ornaments and a comfy spot by the fire make me happy.

MoCamino > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:01

A local station here started a couple of days before Halloween. It’s a travesty.

For Sweden > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:03

What if we have a radio station of just Ramadan music? Add some balance to the airwaves.

Boxer_4 > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:08

Two stations local to me started Nov. 1st already...

Kinja'd!!!

EngineerWithTools > lone_liberal
11/05/2020 at 22:10

YES! I play the Vince Guaraldi Trio so much Apple Music continues to sneak it into my playlists...in July.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > lone_liberal
11/05/2020 at 22:14

They play it because the licensing is 1/4 -1/3 of a lot of other songs, a lot of songs are in the public domain and if you’re a hohum adult contemporary many stations have an increase in audience.

smobgirl > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
11/05/2020 at 22:19

I think there were some supply issues with some candies this year too. We had a shortage of candy corn/pumpkins (THE HORROR) and they didn’t even make fall or holiday Peeps.

I spent a few days before Halloween driving around trying to find candy corn. All the big stores were sold out.

WilliamsSW > wkiernan
11/05/2020 at 22:20

I’m good with that. We leave our tree up a loooong time because lazy and the kids like it.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:22

They play it because the licensing is 1/3 of the cost of a lot of other songs, a lot of songs are in the public domain and if you’re a hohum adult contemporary many stations have an increase in audience.

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/real-money-with-alivelshi/articles/2014/12/3/all-christmas-radiooneofradiosmostprofitablegimmicks.html

Chariotoflove > Snuze: Needs another Swede
11/05/2020 at 22:23

Sounds reasonable.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl
11/05/2020 at 22:25

Yes, they do us too, in their proper sequence. The day after Thanksgiving is when we start. My daughter and I often do the Black Friday thing, and then we get the tree put up and start playing the Christmas movies. The music is good too if it’s the right kind. I like the classic Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, etc.

Chariotoflove > MoCamino
11/05/2020 at 22:26

That early? You poor soul.

Chariotoflove > For Sweden
11/05/2020 at 22:27

I don’t even know what Ramadan music sounds like. Is it better than Blue Christmas sung by Porky Pig?

Chariotoflove > Boxer_4
11/05/2020 at 22:30

That’s something I don’t get, two stations doing the same thing in the same market.

Chariotoflove > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/05/2020 at 22:33

I guess I can’t blame them then.

Oh wait, yes I can.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:37

They still deserve scorn

For Sweden > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:42

Religious Music:

Pop music:

Chariotoflove > For Sweden
11/05/2020 at 22:51

It used to be when a video was unavailable as an embed, you could click and be taken to the original on YT, but I’m not getting that these days.

Goggles Pizzano > smobgirl
11/05/2020 at 22:55

I've already started stock piling food in anticipation.

smobgirl > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 22:59

I haven’t really done T hanksgiving in years. My family doesn’t celebrate it, although I usually cook myself something nice and put together the latest LEGO holiday kit that day.

smobgirl > Goggles Pizzano
11/05/2020 at 23:00

I’ve stockpiled cookies, somehow. And I don’t know why because I like to bake my own.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl
11/05/2020 at 23:04

We usually do some variety of the tradition. One year I made the turkey dinner early so we could have it as leftovers on the actual holiday, because the leftovers are the best thing about Thanksgiving.

One year we decide to spend the weekend roadtripping to Austin. The best meal we had was brunch in a cafe that Stef recommended to us.

smobgirl > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 23:24

I used to love working at Ruby Tuesday on Thanksgiving. They had a turkey meal for the holiday and we’d spend most of the day eating cookies and playing trivial pursuit with next to no customers. Then all the waitstaff would get cut and like 3 of us would be left when the place suddenly filled to the brim at 7 pm and we’d make a small fortune.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl
11/05/2020 at 23:39

That sounds great. The small fortune part. Not the full dining room for three people part.

I remember one year we thought we’d go out for Thanksgiving, but we drove around and found that almost every restaurant was closed. We ended up at a Luby’s cafeteria in Mesquite. There were other families there with their kids too, all watching the Cowboys game over their turkey dinners. We talked and shared the same bond I imagine people in a refugee camp do.

arl > Chariotoflove
11/05/2020 at 23:44

I do like me some Christmas music. But for Santa’s sake, wait until December first before breaking out the sleigh bells.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > shop-teacher
11/06/2020 at 00:05

Here, here! HARUMPH!!!

MoCamino > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 07:31

First world problems, I know. :)

Boxer_4 > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 08:59

The two stations are based out of different cities but have strong overlap. They are owned by different companies and are definitely strong competitors to each other. Both are normally adult contemporary.

Chariotoflove > Boxer_4
11/06/2020 at 09:08

Ah. Makes more sense.

Stef Schrader > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 13:56

Oh HELL no.

Chariotoflove > Stef Schrader
11/06/2020 at 15:30

Ironically appropriate exclamation.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 16:43

The same has happened to the station I listen to.

Kinja'd!!!

Chariotoflove > onlytwowheels
11/06/2020 at 16:50

Alas, we may have to huddle around our Pandora playlists, or even our old CD collections like transients around a barrel fire to warm our music starved souls.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 18:01

I have hundreds of CDs........ so I guess I’m all set there.

Chariotoflove > onlytwowheels
11/06/2020 at 18:33

And cassette tapes.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 18:37

I tossed hundreds of cassettes during one of my moves. The only one I kept was Robert Cray.

Chariotoflove > onlytwowheels
11/06/2020 at 18:39

Interesting. I kept mine because mix tapes were an art form at one time.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 18:48

I had the cassettes sitting in a box that hadn’t been touched in years. When I was packing up for another move, it seemed pointless to continue to lug this box along to the next place just to sit on a shelf in the garage. I sometimes regret tossing them, but they would j ust be taking up space.

Chariotoflove > onlytwowheels
11/06/2020 at 19:03

I once tried transcribing them to MP3 with an app. That wasted half an afternoon. Didn’t work. But I have a friend who made some with great artwork covers. I’ll keep them for that. I’m a packrat anyway. But your choice was best. Keeping CDs makes sense. Tapes don’t age as well.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 19:10

I had noticed aging issues with the tapes prior to sitting in a box, so I expected it would only be getting worse the longer I kept them. I wish I had kept my vinyl that I gave to my sister. I think my sister still has that collection because she is a borderline hoarder.

Chariotoflove > onlytwowheels
11/06/2020 at 20:09

Ask for it back for Christmas.

onlytwowheels > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 20:45

I’m sure it’s buried in her garage, and I’m sure she would fight me to the death for it..... She’s a tough old bird and I’m sure if I ask for it back her feathers will be ruffled.