Reality Amuck™

You might think that I hate Christmas and I'm just some kind of Scrooge or Grinch if you were to see me in the stores any time after mid-December. That's actually not the case at all. Even though we don't celebrate Christmas at our house (which is kind of the normal Jewish thing to do), I think we can all appreciate pretty lights and music as much as the next person. Well, within limits.

On recent trips to the various shopping centers in the area I started to notice that the same songs were being song repeatedly. Yes, different artists, but the same song. After eight renditions of "Little Drummer Boy" I was drummed out and ready to go (couple nice jazzy versions at one store). I get to hear every major and minor recording artist since the days when Frank Sinatra was a teen idol belt out "O Come all ye faithful" AWESOME! Well, actually no, not really.

The main problem, however, isn't that we are drown in a sea of Christmas tunes. The problem is that the flood of songs starts earlier and earlier each year. This year I honestly heard Christmas music long before THANKSGIVING! Really? I need this? The only thing worse was on the trip previous to that when I asked about Halloween candy (the week before Halloween) I was directed to go past the Christmas trees and make a left.  Here's the deal, I want all of my holiday seasons to be separate please. No mention of Halloween before Labor Day (and that's pushing it). No mention of Thanksgiving before Halloween and no mention of Christmas before Thanksgiving.

I really don't think that this is too much to ask of the world is it? The majority of people that I talk to agree that it gets a little tedious hearing Christmas songs for forty-five days. So please Corporate America, don't stop the music, but contain it a little?