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Ho Ho NO!!!!!

#1 Post by Kazoo65 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:30 am

I was flipping radio stations earlier today and to my horror, I heard Bono singing "It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home".

The calendar says November 12th. There is no snow anywhere. In fact, the leaves are still falling. It'w WAY too early for Christmas music- but apparently one of our local stations doesn't think so.

So far, no holiday tunes at the stores around here-although they've got trees up and decorated.
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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:33 am

Bah! Humbug!

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#3 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:46 am

RadioDude is taking a poll -- E-mail the station with your preference on how much Christmas music is too much.

i'm going to E-mail that it should start on Black Friday and that it should be 50/50 through Dec. 23 and all day Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:56 am

They were playing Christmas music in the Walmart* near me on Saturday. :(
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#5 Post by OCDer » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:01 am

I had Christmas Music surrounding me while in JC Penney's before Halloween.
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#6 Post by gsabc » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:13 am

SportsFan68 wrote:And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!
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#7 Post by ten96lt » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:24 am

gsabc wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!
I support that motion x1000.
93.9 (Chicago) has started airing xmas music online and soon they will start airing it on the regular radio. I liked it when they waited until Black Friday and kept going until Dec 26th. But 2 weeks before Thanksgiving???? Come on!

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#8 Post by vettech » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:34 am

The Christmas stuff shows up in the stores before the Halloween stuff now. I've been hearing tunes for a couple of weeks and this week started seeing decorations in people's yards. ARGGHHH!!!!

NOTHING before Thanksgiving. EVER!

bah humbug.

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#9 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:37 am

vettech wrote:The Christmas stuff shows up in the stores before the Halloween stuff now. I've been hearing tunes for a couple of weeks and this week started seeing decorations in people's yards. ARGGHHH!!!!

NOTHING before Thanksgiving. EVER!

bah humbug.
I don't begrudge people who start putting up their outdoor decorations before Thanksgiving. (After all, weather can be unpredictable, so if a nice day comes along, they might as well take advantage of the chance to work outside.) I just don't want to see the lights turned on before Thanksgiving!
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#10 Post by Phil Ken Sebbin » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:50 am

gsabc wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!
I think it should be a alternation between Eartha Kitt's Santa Baby and Madonna's American Pie.
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#11 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:54 pm

You know..... I'm one of the biggest holiday scrooges on this Bored, and everyone is well aware of exactly what I think of Christmas muzak.......

BUT.....

The holiday season now begins bright and early November 1st, folks. It'd been leading up to that for a while now, and pretty much became all but official a few years ago. Just about every store (including ours) runs mini-Black Friday sales every weekend after Halloween now. It's just a fact of life.....


Deal with it! :P

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#12 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm

gsabc wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!

I didn't hear the Eartha Kitt version until a few years ago.....

It is dreadful compared to Madonna's, so says this child of the 80's.....

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#13 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:You know..... I'm one of the biggest holiday scrooges on this Bored, and everyone is well aware of exactly what I think of Christmas muzak.......

BUT.....

The holiday season now begins bright and early November 1st, folks. It'd been leading up to that for a while now, and pretty much became all but official a few years ago. Just about every store (including ours) runs mini-Black Friday sales every weekend after Halloween now. It's just a fact of life.....


Deal with it! :P

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I'll try to deal with it by staying out of stores until January. :P

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#14 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:56 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:You know..... I'm one of the biggest holiday scrooges on this Bored, and everyone is well aware of exactly what I think of Christmas muzak.......

BUT.....

The holiday season now begins bright and early November 1st, folks. It'd been leading up to that for a while now, and pretty much became all but official a few years ago. Just about every store (including ours) runs mini-Black Friday sales every weekend after Halloween now. It's just a fact of life.....


Deal with it! :P

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I'll try to deal with it by staying out of stores until January. :P

I wish I could do the same, but I'm not allowed to work from home.....

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#15 Post by ten96lt » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:08 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
gsabc wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:And they should alternate between the Eartha Kitt and Madonna versions of Santa Baby.
NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!

I didn't hear the Eartha Kitt version until a few years ago.....

It is dreadful compared to Madonna's, so says this child of the 80's.....

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Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

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#16 Post by Odyssey » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:11 pm

ten96lt wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
gsabc wrote: NONONONONO! They should BAN the Madonna version!!! Forever! It should never poison the airwaves again!

I didn't hear the Eartha Kitt version until a few years ago.....

It is dreadful compared to Madonna's, so says this child of the 80's.....

lb13
Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

Gotta say I hate this song no matter who is singing it. The idea of seductively singing to Santa is just so...ick.
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#17 Post by MissBeautifulRedSquirrel » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:13 pm

Odyssey wrote:
ten96lt wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

I didn't hear the Eartha Kitt version until a few years ago.....

It is dreadful compared to Madonna's, so says this child of the 80's.....

lb13
Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

Gotta say I hate this song no matter who is singing it. The idea of seductively singing to Santa is just so...ick.
Just wait until I release my version....

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#18 Post by ten96lt » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:14 pm

Odyssey wrote:
ten96lt wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

I didn't hear the Eartha Kitt version until a few years ago.....

It is dreadful compared to Madonna's, so says this child of the 80's.....

lb13
Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

Gotta say I hate this song no matter who is singing it. The idea of seductively singing to Santa is just so...ick.
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#19 Post by Odyssey » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:19 pm

ten96lt wrote:
Odyssey wrote:
ten96lt wrote: Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

Gotta say I hate this song no matter who is singing it. The idea of seductively singing to Santa is just so...ick.
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#20 Post by Estonut » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:03 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:You know..... I'm one of the biggest holiday scrooges on this Bored, and everyone is well aware of exactly what I think of Christmas muzak.......

BUT.....

The holiday season now begins bright and early November 1st, folks. It'd been leading up to that for a while now, and pretty much became all but official a few years ago. Just about every store (including ours) runs mini-Black Friday sales every weekend after Halloween now. It's just a fact of life.....


Deal with it! :P
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#21 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:06 pm

Estonut wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:You know..... I'm one of the biggest holiday scrooges on this Bored, and everyone is well aware of exactly what I think of Christmas muzak.......

BUT.....

The holiday season now begins bright and early November 1st, folks. It'd been leading up to that for a while now, and pretty much became all but official a few years ago. Just about every store (including ours) runs mini-Black Friday sales every weekend after Halloween now. It's just a fact of life.....


Deal with it! :P
Costco started putting together their Christmas aisle around Labor Day...

I'm not talking about when the earlybirds put out their Christmas stuff. My second year at Mecca, we had a feature of Christmas lights out in the middle of July....

I mean the holiday season that once traditionally started after Thanksgiving now begins after Halloween. The retail world has been pushing it for years and it's finally become "accepted" in our culture that it is so....

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#22 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:47 pm

MissBeautifulRedSquirrel wrote:
Odyssey wrote:
ten96lt wrote: Eartha Kitt was the original and I'm usually a fan of the original.

Gotta say I hate this song no matter who is singing it. The idea of seductively singing to Santa is just so...ick.
Just wait until I release my version....
Just make sure you're wearing clothes during the video. And don't make it so icky.
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#23 Post by Southpaw Fanny » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:10 pm

Kazoo65 wrote:I was flipping radio stations earlier today and to my horror, I heard Bono singing "It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home".

The calendar says November 12th. There is no snow anywhere. In fact, the leaves are still falling. It'w WAY too early for Christmas music- but apparently one of our local stations doesn't think so.

So far, no holiday tunes at the stores around here-although they've got trees up and decorated.
I saw my first Salvation Army bell ringer outside the grocery store on Tuesday. It's going to be a long 7 weeks.... At least they will have canned the exuberance by Thanksgiving and just lean against the wall and give a half hearted shake every now and then. Ha!
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#24 Post by Ebeneezer Beast » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:15 pm

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Kazoo65 wrote:I was flipping radio stations earlier today and to my horror, I heard Bono singing "It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home".

The calendar says November 12th. There is no snow anywhere. In fact, the leaves are still falling. It'w WAY too early for Christmas music- but apparently one of our local stations doesn't think so.

So far, no holiday tunes at the stores around here-although they've got trees up and decorated.
I saw my first Salvation Army bell ringer outside the grocery store on Tuesday. It's going to be a long 7 weeks.... At least they will have canned the exuberance by Thanksgiving and just lean against the wall and give a half hearted shake every now and then. Ha!

I left a donation in one of their kettles last year. I'm not sure if it was tax deductible, but I hope they used it to help grow some food for those lazy no-good bums.....
Bah! Humbug!

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#25 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:17 pm

Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Kazoo65 wrote:I was flipping radio stations earlier today and to my horror, I heard Bono singing "It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home".

The calendar says November 12th. There is no snow anywhere. In fact, the leaves are still falling. It'w WAY too early for Christmas music- but apparently one of our local stations doesn't think so.

So far, no holiday tunes at the stores around here-although they've got trees up and decorated.
I saw my first Salvation Army bell ringer outside the grocery store on Tuesday. It's going to be a long 7 weeks.... At least they will have canned the exuberance by Thanksgiving and just lean against the wall and give a half hearted shake every now and then. Ha!
Our Salvation Army workers start the week of Thanksgiving. Back in the day of soaring real estate prices, there would often be $50 or $100 bills in the pots. Now, not so much.
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