Holiday Music Scrooge Halloween has come and gone. Heralding the start of the Holiday Season merchants are free to throw caution to the wind and decorate every square inch of their space with all the trappings of Christmas. The pumpkins have barely begun to rot and already retailers have their Christmas signing up begging for your holiday dollar.

I used to be in retail myself, my wife and many of your friends are still, so I understand the need. However, there is still a bit of me, the average stay at home sucker side of me that wonders if it isn’t a bit much. Shoppers are still going to spend their money. They have gifts to buy and it all has to be done by December 24th, so is it really necessary to kick off the hoopla so early?

I don’t really know. I’d venture to say that for as many people who question how long the Christmas season feels, there’d be just as many people wondering what happened if no one put up their Christmas goodies until after Thanksgiving. In the end, it doesn’t really bother me. Except for one thing. Any store that starts their Christmas music this early won’t get much of my money. I refuse to go through sixty days of jingle bells and the Celine Dion Christmas Album.
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