Christmas Music

[peachies]

I would like to say that I respect everyones posts and there thoughts. I love listening to Christmas music mostly the oldies, not so much the pop stuff. I start Christmas early in my home but that's what we love. Everyone has there own way of celebrating and how long they like to do it, and I totally respect that.

I hope I don't offend anyone with this but I do prefer Merry Christmas to Happy Holidays.

I love, love, love Christmas I can't wait to start decorating, but we usually wait till the last weekend in November. I also prefer Merry Christmas!!

[electric_viking]

are we even allowed to call it christmas anymore?

[lghend]

are we even allowed to call it christmas anymore?

Absolutely!!! I love it when people buck the "politically correct" trend and stay true to themselves and say "MERRY CHRISTMAS".

[Darth Penguin]

Absolutely!!! I love it when people buck the "politically correct" trend and stay true to themselves and say "MERRY CHRISTMAS".

As a Catholic friend of mine points out on a yearly basis......there are at least 8 recognised HolyDays between 24th December and 6th Jan so Happy Holidays is not only an acceptable salutation but is also theologically correct.....

[ancarett]

I'm glad that SDM called off the holiday music for a while longer. December's soon enough to turn on the Christmas tunes (and, frankly, some of the commercial muzak is sooooo awful!). I wish there was less direct Christmas merchandising right now. Sure, you can do your holiday shopping now (or earlier!), but do we need aisles full of decorations and knick-knacks already?

And I like saying "Happy Holidays!" Christmas is a holiday (which comes from mashing up the words holy and day so, hey, that's pretty special!). "Happy Holidays" is a nice thing to say to my co-worker who's celebrating Hanukkah, not Christmas, as well as the family down the street who follow Hindi practices. It's also nice to say to my many Christian relatives and friends as well as a lot of folks about whose religious beliefs I have no idea!

"Happy Holidays" includes people of all beliefs and doesn't exclude anyone. Why wouldn't people appreciate it? When I say it, I'm not being politically correct, I'm being happy about the season and hoping you'll be, too. (Just not quite yet because the holidays are a long ways away according to my jam-packed work schedule.)

[Darth Penguin]

If I can't say Happy Holydays...can I say Joyeux Noel???


Or the British Happy Christmas??

[SavenRaven]

Faaa La La Laa Laaaa, La La Laa Laaa!

[Caelinsmomma]

I just feel blessed that for so many of us, worrying about what music is playing in the store that we are shopping at is the biggest of our worries.

[Darth Penguin]

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[anisa]

i don't celebrate christmas. for me, the music just gets to be too much.

[anisa]

oh gosh, i hadn't realized this turned into a "they're taking away christmas from us" thread.

i think everyone can get along, nicely and be happy for each other no matter what time of year it is.
but yeah, 2 months of muzak is a bit too much.

[erin9mmm]

[RebeccaRYoung]

I cannot stand hearing Christmas music this early! As a teacher I see the effect it has on the kids that I teach. It gets the kids all excited about something that isn't happening for 2 more months. Young children don't always understand that Santa isn't coming for quite awhile yet.

More personally, while I enjoy Christmas music, I prefer to hear it in December. It gets tiring to hear the same songs over and over again. It makes me agitated and angry to hear this music for so long. By the time Christmas actually comes I find I'm so tired of it that the Christmas spirit has dissipated or disappeared altogether.

[xXtiggerXx]

Ha I saw on their Facebook post that someone is threatening to rally 20 people to picket in front of their shoppers singing christmas songs in protest. My only thought is-Wow if people would care and be so proactive about real issues, the World would be a much better place...

[erin9mmm]

^^^wow, that's ridiculous! Do they not have anything better to do - this should go under the thread..First World Problems: post yours!