They think this is a good thing?

[vettecat]

It seems that Oldies 103.3 will be playing nothing but Christmas music for five continuous weeks. Ugh! Completely aside from the fact that it's not our holiday, and the fact that it's not even Thanksgiving yet, I would think the same songs being repeated over and over that many times would drive anyone up the wall. But it was nice of them to send a postcard (advertising a contest) warning us they'll be doing this... I sent them an e-mail thanking them for the alert, so we'll know not to turn to their station for the next few weeks. (Does anyone really want to hear nonstop Christmas music for that many days straight? It's not unusual for customers to come in to our store during December and say, "oh, it's so nice to not hear Christmas music for a change!")

On the other hand, I was listening to Mike 93.7 in the car yesterday, and one of their station breaks said something along the lines of, "We could play some Christmas music, but then you'd fall asleep... so we're playing this instead." I thought that was kind of refreshing... maybe I'll write and tell them so.

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[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

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...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I don't run into it that often these days either. But I'm certainly not going to seek it out...