Christmas Music Already?!
OK, this is ridiculous. Last week I noticed on Sunny 104.5 (WSNI-FM) out of
Philadelphia that they are playing nothing but Christmas songs all day long.
WHAT THE HELL! It's not even Thanksgiving yet! Give me a freakin' break.
Every year this seems to happen earlier and earlier.
Why do we feel compelled to celebrate Christmas over a month before it actually
arrives and even before the preceding holiday comes to pass? Why must stores
have ornaments and trees all over them and holiday mood musing on the PA before we even get to Thanksgiving?
Only one reason comes to my mind. Marketing. They want to get us all hyped up
and ready to buy the next useless little "must have" instead of putting our
energy into silly things like time with our loves ones or even to just think
about being nice to each other for a change. Why would they want
that? There's no profit in it.
Actually, we shouldn't need
a special day for being nice to each other but that's a topic for a different
rant.
I for one refuse to accept that Christmas is coming until Thanksgiving passes.
How about we start to get all hyped up over the 4th of July in the beginning of
June? Wait, no point. That's not a money making holiday.