I've been making it a point, with smaller stores, to tell them that Christmas music is a good way to keep me out of the store. It occurs to me that since starting my current shopping circle, being primarily Costco and Trader Joe's, that I have had to deal with such music a lot less. Stop'n'Slop (sic) and other megamarts tend to play That Music, and I am *so* glad I spend less than an hour a month in such stores. Now to cut down that hour...