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I love it!

Bing Crosby for President!

What's your opinion of Christmas Music? single choice
	Always!
	Sometimes it's ok...
	NEVER.
Votes accepted starting: 11/16/10 05:06 PM
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Only after Thanksgiving.

I heard it on the radio back in October

I LOVE it! But outside of the Holiday season (Thanksgiving to New Years Day), I only listen to it if I need to be cheered up.

I agree about Bing for Prez!

Bing is King!


I've already been listening to it a fair bit in the car... it's on 106.5 FM 24x7 right now.

Love it! 106.5 is already playing wall-to-wall Christmas music, however. That's a bit early (even for me). After Thanksgiving, I'm all about Christmas though.

I used to work in a grocery store where during the Christmas season they would play the same tape over the speakers on a loop the entire day. I had to listen to that while working 12 hour shifts.

I voted no. I'm scarred though.

bah, humbug.

My wife loves the stuff.

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I took it off to make it a clear yes, no, or maybe situation...

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You wanted to make it definitive so you only gave yes, no and MAYBE as options?

I picked sometimes.. the only "Christmas" song I like when it's not the Christmas season is Linus and Lucy from Vince Garaldi..

It's good .... starting the week before Christmas, and ending at midnight following Christmas Day.

Love the classics!

I said never. For one reason. Too many families (and I'm thinking of mine here) think Christmas is about the day - not the season.

I am divorced. I have a son from that divorce. Every family thinks Christmas day is about them - gotta be there Christmas day

Let's see: That gives me MY family (wife, 2 kids), my extended family (parents, siblings and spouses), my wifes family (sibling and spouses), plus my wifes mothers family, and my wifes father's family (they all think it has to be on Christmas day)

Throw in my son's mother's Christmas - that family, his grandpas family, his grandma's family.

I hate the "Christmas" holiday for that simple reason - everyone expects me to be at their Christmas, on Christmas eve or Christmas day. And God forbid my son can't be there - that causes bad feelings. But like I say "he can't attend 6 Christmases in one day". It gets me no where, because the one's he doesn't attend.......well, those people feel offended - never mind he had 6 on that day.

Throw in the extended family on my side (at least they don't expect to have Christmas even that week), and it's just a nightmare for me.

Honestly? I told my wife a few years ago - when we can afford to leave the state on December 20th, and not come back until Jan. 5th or so, and tell everyone "have your Christmas without us"..........well, when we can do that, I'll be happy.

Honestly, the lowest I get every year is Christmas time - and that sucks.

"Be here, be there, you are expected here, you are expected there".

That entails my family, wifes family, my extended family on both sides, wife's extended family on both sides. Our Christmas. Then my son has his mom's christmas, plus extended families on both sides.

It's a nightmare. I hate the holidays. Throw in the fact that my family always goes skiing at some point during the holidays..........I hate the holidays. Despise them.

No matter what, we end up pissing someone off. Screw it - I'd rather lay low - in my house, than try to make it to every one of them. But that pisses people off. LIke "oh, you couldn't make it to our christmas, but you went to 3 others?"

"Yeah, I can only go to a certain number a day, okay?"

I hate the holidays. Despise them. Love the idea, hate my reality.

I hate holidays also, but enjoy christmas music...

Is that weird?

Dude, relax. It's simple...just say no. To all of them. Then you can stay home and enjoy the day as you wish.

Or, get a plan. Two this year, two next, two the year after that, etc.

My parents were divorced. I had both of them, plus grandparents on each side. Hated running all over the place as a kid...never time to play with my stuff. I think it sucks when parents do that to their kids.

So, as an adult, if I really don't want to be stretched too thin, I do my best to say NO. Feelings be damned.

You can do it, Arch Scrooge.

Love Christmas music starting now and through Christmas. I LOVE the Holidays!!!

Bing? Pfffttt.....

Andy Williams FTW!

LOVE christmas music... usually won't start playing it until I put up the decorations... which might be today!

arch, hating the holidays because of other peoples expectations isn't good.

Go where you want to go and enjoy being with the people you're with and to hell with everybody else.

We have a simple rule, Christmas Day is about your immediate family.. nobody visits anybody.. we see each other at other times in the season and we are getting more and more spread out...

I just hate the Thanksgiving/Christmas timeframe because it seems like every death in the family happens in November/December.

Lost my Aunt this year. My Grandfather died on Thanksgiving morning many years ago. I have had to put down my last 2 dogs immediately after Thanksgiving and Christmas. (many years apart) I lost an Uncle and grandmother this time of year as well.

Arch....do what we're doing this year, go on a X-mas cruise. Sure it's expensive, but we're not buying presents for most of the people since we won't be around. And it saves us a ton of driving and useless chatter.

If you can't decide which party to skip....skip them all. If they're your family and care about you all, they'll understand if you want to spend it with each other.

No reason to be breaking your back over it. Should be a fun time, not stressful.

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And Michelle - who do I ... off by not going to the Christmas? My parents?

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They are all family, they exist for 2 reasons.. to love each other and to ... each other off.

But seriously, you need to have your wife on board and tell them that Christmas isn't any fun for you.. tell them you are going to do X, Y, and Z this year then next year you will rotate and do the other.. Arch I don't know your wife or your family but if you tell them the truth, that the schedule is just sucking every ounce of fun out of the holidays, your family should understand.... hell half of your family probably feels the same way but nobody wants to say anything.

Exactly. That's why I suggested ROTATING families and years, Arch. On the years you aren't with the family on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, maybe take them out for a New Year's dinner or something. Make this manageable for you...not them...not your wife...YOU.

For you and DC - I have a brother that lives in Indiana, and a brother that lives in Colorado. And a sister that lives here. We are a close family - as close as you can be when 2 siblings live out of state. Especially with my brother from Colorado - he understands. Our Christmas this year is in Jan. Thank God.

My wifes family: Grandmas Christmas is Christmas day. Every year. "Why" I say. "Because that's how it's always been" I'm told

Well - if 3 of the 5 kids your grandma has don't show up - why not move it to another day? And when most of the grand kids and spouses don't show up - ...........when in the hell are you going to change it? How obvious does it need to be?

Hell, growing up, my family had Christmas on Christmas day. The extended family Christmases were on other days. I'd like to think that we - me, wife, and son and daughter, could have a day for ourselves - even if my son needs to spend half a day here and half a day at his moms.

Hell no! Can't ruin other peoples traditions - even though it was that way years ago - Christmas was for mom, dad, and kids.

I hate the Holidays. Can't explain it on here any better than I have. Too damn much pressure to be at every Christmas. I hate the holidays. I hate Christmas music. I hate people thinking "oh, you can only be here for 2 hours?" Well, hell yeah, at least we made it - we have 2 or 3 more to go to".

Hate Christmas. The day - not the reason.

I don't like anyone being upset with me. Ever. Not just Christmas. But damn - I hate filling all the obligations. Hate it.

That cruise is a great idea. In the near future, we're going to spend Christmas in Yellowstone. From everything I've heard, that place is amazing in the winter.

We have the same problem as others here....where do we go, who's house do we go to first, when do we exchange our own gifts, etc. My father died on Christmas morning last year, and it's definitely not going to be the same this year. If I had the extra cash, I'd be at Yellowstone this season.

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I hate filling all the obligations. Hate it.

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You and a million other people, I'm sure.

The worst part isn't hating Christmas, because a lot of people do. The worst thing is hating yourself because you hate Christmas.

Sorry arch. I'm not trying to sit here in judgement of how you are spending your holidays... traditions are great but sometimes they need to be broken/shifted/changed... and remember, the beautiful thing that happens when old traditions are broken is that.. new traditions begin. Make changes arch, you deserve to enjoy the holidays.... to hell with everybody else.

i don't mind it, but it's not like an everyday thing for me. brings back some good memories as a kid though.

j/c

As to the topic of the thread: I hate Christmas music.

We're all shocked.

As long as I don't have to hear Paul McCartney's "Simply Havin' a Wonderful Christmas Time." I really don't mind Christmas music otherwise. Trans Siberian Orchestra is what I mainly listen to this time of year...a lot.

Just had a huge holiday Yuletide Festival fundraiser at my church, a three-day affair. I was in charge of the music, we did play it, but I use about five different CDs of various performances. Only thing worse than Christmas tunes is STALE Christmas tunes. Ask anybody who has worked retail and listened to the same taped toons about 8 times a shift every freekin' day. I would prefer it ONLY after Thanksgiving, meself.

I always say I prefer XMAS music after Tday, but really, once we hit Tday week, I'm fine with it.

Been hearing and listening to some Xmas music this week (Trans Siberian is amazing and also Josh Groban has some great Xmas songs).

j/c

It's starting.

I can't wait for Christmas to be over. Can't wait.