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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[vettecat.livejournal.com]

It seems stupid to me, as well. The number of people who want nonstop Christmas music for that long has to be smaller than the number who get tired of it... and not everyone in the former group will even know they're doing it. I wonder if/how they actually do track the change in number of listeners.

I like that your celebration involves baking. Baking is always important. :-)

And, yes, there should at least be some turkeys between the witches and the Santas... don't more people celebrate Thanksgiving than Christmas?