I rarely listen to the radio while driving, but my 5-year-old insisted on hearing some tunes as we navigated our way to yet another Halloween event last week.
Rather than waste time trying to convince her that silence is golden, I hit the “scan” button on the radio and the tuner immediately landed on a soft-rock station. Only instead of playing its usual fare of “How Deep Is Your Love,” “Sailing” and “If You Leave Me Now,” Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” merrily flowed from the car’s speakers.
I thought it was a commercial.
Seriously.
It was the day before Halloween, people!
Who plays Christmas music on October 30th?
And not just a single holiday tune, this particular radio station decided that the day before trick-or-treating would be the ideal time to kick-off its non-stop Christmas music marathon.
Shortly after Bing finished his Christmas classic, a DJ announced the “great” news about the station’s decision to kick start the holiday season in October. He reasoned that with the economy in the dumpster, people worried about the swine flu and the fact that we still have troops overseas, Christmas tunes would somehow alleviate our worries and help us focus on the season of giving.
That’s the reason we’re hearing Christmas music in October?
Frankly, my 5-year-old could care less why, not one, but two, local radio stations are promoting the all Christmas music, all the time line-up. All she wants to know is how many days until Santa gets here.
Great! That’s all I need.
The countdown to Christmas will have to roll on without me. I still have pumpkin decorations up for crying out loud.
And what happened to Thanksgiving?
I’m all for embracing the Christmas spirit, but I still feel weird watching my child bop to “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” and “Frosty the Snowman” in her Halloween costume.
What do you think? Christmas music in October–yea or nay? How soon is too soon to play Christmas music, in your opinion?