Bah, Humbug!

[John Yaskowich]

I was at my local Wally World last night and almost had to go running into the parking lot, screaming in agony. The store has started playing Christmas carols over the speakers. Nothing but carols. I was wandering the aisles for at about 40 mins and heard 3 different versions of the same 4 songs. My system can only take so much saccharine before I go into overload. I don't care who tried to put their own spin on the version, there are only 10 Christmas carols in existance and my tolerance for hearing them over and over and over for 2 months has already been reached. When my favourite radio station switches to carols 24/7, I will be loading up the CD player and getting some relief.

How do the people who work in stores stand it? I would be going postal after 1 morning.

Just to prove I am not a total Scrooge: I love Trans Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo" and enjoy most of their Christmas themed stuff. (Just not a steady diet of it over and over and over!)

[Chilkie]

What I hate is when you go into a store in late September/early October and they already have Christmas stuff all over the shelves. Drives me insane when you are still basically a month from Halloween and you are being inundated with X-mas stuff.

[scubadiver888]

Originally Posted by John Yaskowich

How do the people who work in stores stand it?

My wife used to work in retail sales MANY years ago. To this day, if I hum a Christmas carol (even on December 24th) she turns to me with a 'you hum one more bar and I'm going to beat you to death' look.

[FishFood]

How do the people who work in stores stand it?

'Nog. Lots and lots of nog!

[Vlane]

Originally Posted by John Yaskowich

I was at my local Wally World last night and almost had to go running into the parking lot, screaming in agony. The store has started playing Christmas carols over the speakers. Nothing but carols. I was wandering the aisles for at about 40 mins and heard 3 different versions of the same 4 songs. My system can only take so much saccharine before I go into overload. I don't care who tried to put their own spin on the version, there are only 10 Christmas carols in existance and my tolerance for hearing them over and over and over for 2 months has already been reached. When my favourite radio station switches to carols 24/7, I will be loading up the CD player and getting some relief.

How do the people who work in stores stand it? I would be going postal after 1 morning.

Just to prove I am not a total Scrooge: I love Trans Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo" and enjoy most of their Christmas themed stuff. (Just not a steady diet of it over and over and over!)

I'm with you on this. While there are a few other Christmas songs that aren't you're traditional carols I enjoy, I still only take so much of all the same stuff played over and over. I do love Christmas but it also bugs me when they bring stuff out at the beginning of November as well. I guess that's the price to pay for a society based on consumption though.

[PlatypusMan]

I spent 3 decades in retail in various capacities before becoming the semi-retired scuba bum that I am.

In all likelihood, I've heard every variant on a Xmas Carole you can think of--and the endless playing of them got to a point where if I heard just one more time that Paul McCartney was having 'A Wonderful Christmas Time' that I was going to buy a ticket, go to the UK and hunt the man down and beat him to death with my bare hands.

For that matter, you have to be a special kind of brain-damaged to actually seek out and buy the videotape or DVD of that stupid fireplace log burning while endless holiday music plays in the background. It was bad enough years ago when TV stations willingly inflicted it on their viewers; why, oh WHY would you willingly inflict it on yourself--and your family???!

PPM

[awap]

40 MINUTES !!!! Did you get stuck in the bathroom?

[navyhmc]

Suddenly the elevator scene from Airplane enters my mind.

[Lulubelle]

Precisely why I buy gifts early in the year, so that I don't have to enter retail hell after September. Can't stand it. Hate shopping in general, really hate it when retail world is butchering such an important holiday. Now I actually can enjoy Christmas, and Christmas carols, because I haven't been inundated with them.

[chinacat46]

I shop online and have stuff sent directly to my relatives. I can play any tunes I want in the background.