What's the earliest time a store should play Xmas Music?
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I think WRBS does a good job of Christmas music: http://www.wrbs.com/
First, no Christmas music before Black Friday. Then, starting on Black Friday, they slowly integrate Christmas music into their normal playlist. By the beginning of December, they have a good mix of regular and Christmas music, transitioning to all Christmas music by the end of the first week of December. Also, they have a very wide selection of Christmas music, so you won't be hearing the same song over and over again. It'd be rare that you hear the same song twice in an hour, and even then, it'd be by two different artists.
First, no Christmas music before Black Friday. Then, starting on Black Friday, they slowly integrate Christmas music into their normal playlist. By the beginning of December, they have a good mix of regular and Christmas music, transitioning to all Christmas music by the end of the first week of December. Also, they have a very wide selection of Christmas music, so you won't be hearing the same song over and over again. It'd be rare that you hear the same song twice in an hour, and even then, it'd be by two different artists.
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I am on hold waiting for a customer service agent from Sony. I am grateful they are not playing Xmas music at me.
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Never was not an option so I chose 'later'.
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Beginning of December seems reasonable. I try to avoid the shops at this time of year anyway, but it's only a matter of time before they figure out they can blast it through their websites as well. At that point my speakers will be heading out the window.
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AlexanderDitto wrote:I actually really love Christmas, so I'd say any time after American Thanksgiving (which shouldn't be erased) is fine. December 1st would be a nice start date, but Black Friday is a huge Christmas shopping day for stores so that's probably when it's going to end up being.
The main problem is this:Lord Hosk wrote:I dont think people really have a problem with christmas as a subject for music... The problem is that there are only like 15 songs that get played over and over for so long. Its worse than when we had top 40 at work, When I was at the hotel for 8 hours at night I would hear the same 10 songs repeated at least 8 times. 8 hours, 3 minutes per song is the average pop song, should be 150-160 songs, nope.
This is ridiculous and unacceptable and stupid. There's no reason this needs to be true, which is why I hold that we should do away with all of this shitty pop christmas music and switch to strictly instrumental/orchestral/standard works. Rotate by hours: one hour can be Christmas-y Classical music, the next can be Jazz interpretations of Christmas tunes, maybe some Dixieland verisions, then an hour of standards. Heck, just play Irving Berlin for an hour.
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All of this, cause I agree wholeheartedly.
I like Christmas music starting on November 20th (my birthday), but I make the Thanksgiving compromise - which is the Christmas season starts right after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day cause that's when Santa comes into town. Honestly, any Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving week is too early for me. And December 1 is too late.
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personally i dont like how it starts so early i find that by the time Christmas rolls around im just so sick of hearing the music i cant wate for it to stop
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Lord Hosk wrote:I don't think people really have a problem with Christmas as a subject for music... The problem is that there are only like 15 songs that get played over and over for so long. Its worse than when we had top 40 at work, When I was at the hotel for 8 hours at night I would hear the same 10 songs repeated at least 8 times. 8 hours, 3 minutes per song is the average pop song, should be 150-160 songs, nope.
This. Oh, so totally this; there's 39 songs on the playlist at the supermarket; I know the words to every fucking one of them; even the two they inserted into it at the beginning of November. (they are nice in that they do cycle songs in and out of the shuffle)
But yeah, it's all chosen to be very slightly insipid and lull the customers into a slightly suggestible, relaxed, willing-to-impulse-buy-more state of mind...for the 1-2 hrs that someone's going through on a grocery run. For us poor saps subjected to it eight hours a day, five days a week? "Fire bad; tree pretty."
AlexanderDitto wrote:This is ridiculous and unacceptable and stupid. There's no reason this needs to be true, which is why I hold that we should do away with all of this shitty pop Christmas music and switch to strictly instrumental/orchestral/standard works. Rotate by hours: one hour can be Christmas-y Classical music, the next can be Jazz interpretations of Christmas tunes, maybe some Dixieland versions, then an hour of standards. Heck, just play Irving Berlin for an hour.
No human being should have to listen to Feliz Navidad. Ever. How is it not banned under the Geneva convention?! Surely it's a form of torture.
Fine, YOU go to every proprietor and corporation and holding company, etc. etc. and offer to set this system up on their P.A.'s for them; the REASON they use a cheap, small shuffled playlist is BECAUSE IT'S CHEAP. THEY ARE CHEAP.
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3 weeks ago, at the Beginning of November I walked into my school's culinary building, and I heard Christmas music. I was horrified. Christmas music shouldn't start until the first at the earliest. Or at least be mixed heavily with good music. I live in Canada. I believe christmas music shouldn't start until it starts snowing. Incidentally, we had snow today, so I'm feeling a little better about having my tree up already (my 3 year-old begged me to do it!)
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Heck, the store started sneaking up 'holiday-related' signs and the like as of November 1st.
...but we're still waiting for the change on the music. (to be honest, it's like Lord Hosk said - I LIKE the first few days, as it's something I haven't been listening to for ages...yet. After a couple of weeks, though.... )
...but we're still waiting for the change on the music. (to be honest, it's like Lord Hosk said - I LIKE the first few days, as it's something I haven't been listening to for ages...yet. After a couple of weeks, though.... )
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Wal-mart started selling Christmas stuff even before Halloween. Yeah... That's crap...
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I would say two weeks before Christmas would be appropriate. Under no circumstances can it be acceptable when it's not even December yet.
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1 December seems fine, but there is a brief period at the end of June/beginning of July, because it's incredibly funny then.
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AdmiralMemo wrote:Wal-mart started selling Christmas stuff even before Halloween. Yeah... That's crap...
I walked into a Walgreens around Halloween time and saw them putting up christmas items.
Someone asked if I needed help looking for anything. I said no, and asked why they were putting up Christmas stuff, and not Thanksgiving.
the girl said "Isn't Christmas more important?"
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Unless you are in grocery business as a retailer Christmas is the bigger holiday.
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Solution; MP3 Player.
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empath wrote:AlexanderDitto wrote:This is ridiculous and unacceptable and stupid. There's no reason this needs to be true, which is why I hold that we should do away with all of this shitty pop Christmas music and switch to strictly instrumental/orchestral/standard works. Rotate by hours: one hour can be Christmas-y Classical music, the next can be Jazz interpretations of Christmas tunes, maybe some Dixieland versions, then an hour of standards. Heck, just play Irving Berlin for an hour.
No human being should have to listen to Feliz Navidad. Ever. How is it not banned under the Geneva convention?! Surely it's a form of torture.
Fine, YOU go to every proprietor and corporation and holding company, etc. etc. and offer to set this system up on their P.A.'s for them; the REASON they use a cheap, small shuffled playlist is BECAUSE IT'S CHEAP. THEY ARE CHEAP.
A lot of stores just tune their PA systems up to a radio station. All I'd have to do is start a radio station that played music in that way. *Shrugs* That's actually even CHEAPER than a small, shuffled playlist.
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Winter music is exceptable starting the day after Thanksgiving (fourth friday of the month of American November)and can go through most of January. Christmas music, however, should not be played until sometime around December 10-15th and should stop the day after Christmas.
To clarify Winter music consists of: Let it Snow, Baby it's Cold Outside, Sliegh Bells, Jingle Bells (Normal and Rock), Winter Wonderland, etc.
Christmas Music is: Rudolph, Oh Christmas Tree, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Little Saint Nick, and anything else mentioning Santa, Christmas, or Jesus
To clarify Winter music consists of: Let it Snow, Baby it's Cold Outside, Sliegh Bells, Jingle Bells (Normal and Rock), Winter Wonderland, etc.
Christmas Music is: Rudolph, Oh Christmas Tree, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Little Saint Nick, and anything else mentioning Santa, Christmas, or Jesus
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KiteNeravar wrote:Winter music is exceptable starting the day after Thanksgiving
The second Tuesday of October? Really!?!?
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Metcarfre wrote:KiteNeravar wrote:Winter music is exceptable starting the day after Thanksgiving
The second Tuesday of October? Really!?!?
Hey! no, I said the fourth Friday of November, I made sure to specify that, mostly because I had no Idea when Canadian Thanksgiving is (beyound being somwhere in October).
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Ah, I see your point, I have edited my post to include the word "American"
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I might be biased but I don't much care for the majority of Christmas music, and wish it were contained to the week surrounding Christmas only.
Although last weekend Waterloo got a lot of snow, so even though Tim Hortons was playing Christmas tunes, I gave it a pass for that reason. Context is important.
Although last weekend Waterloo got a lot of snow, so even though Tim Hortons was playing Christmas tunes, I gave it a pass for that reason. Context is important.
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