Have your radio stations started Christmas music?

7 years ago

Ours are playing Christmas music periodically. Starting Dec. 1 it will be all Christmas music. I like it in the beginning but I get tired of it after a month. Especially Chris Rea's I'll be Home for Christmas. :-)

I like it mixed in with regular music.

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schoolhouse_gw

7 years ago

I don't listen to much radio even in the car. But there is a block of stations on cable TV that plays a wide genre of music. One is "Music for the Season" or something like that. It's Christmas music now, but I get a headache when they play those that are literally screamed out by pop and rock stars.

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jewels_ks
7 years ago
We have one channel that starts about one week before Thanksgiving,,,blah!

The others mix it inl.
morz8 - Washington Coast
7 years ago
None that I've heard, but I only listen to Sirius with channels preset to the type/era of music I want to hear.
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marilyn_c
7 years ago
I don't listen to any stations, except talk radio, and I carry a pocket radio with me everywhere outside. The only time the station I regularly listen to, plays Christmas music is on Christmas morning. That is enough for me. Actually, I do like the old Christmas carols....I just don't want to hear them day in and day out.
cynic
7 years ago
I don't listen to the radio much now with the political rhetoric still going so strong but there's 2 stations in the area known for starting their Xmas tunes on Black Friday. Too early for me. A couple of songs is nice at most any time of year but not bombarded with it nonstop. Actually I did listen to an Il Volo YouTube of them doing some carols along with some of their other music.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
7 years ago
They probably are. I would not know as I never listen to the radio and almost never have the television on in the day time. I would rather have the peace and quiet. :) I do like music but not while I am working away.

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rob333 (zone 7b)
7 years ago
Some are, some aren't. When I get sick of it, I turn it to one that isn't playing it or pop in a CD.
share_oh
7 years ago
Yes my favorite station is. :( So I put on my second favorite or play a CD in the car.
amylou321
7 years ago
Yes yes yes. It started November 1st,and plays through christmas day. I wait for it all year, and never tire of it. I even listen to Christmas music on the I heart radio app all year if I've had a rough day and need to take the edge off. The only complaint I have is that with the thousands of Christmas songs recorded over the years, they do seem to play the same ones over and over,but still I don't get tired of it.
gyr_falcon
7 years ago
Depends upon your perspective--as soon as they begin playing Christmas music, they are no longer my radio station. ;) About four years ago, they began it so soon, and with so many repeats, I got burned out. Now I don't want to hear it at all.
DawnInCal
7 years ago
We listen to an oldies rock station that is always on for background noise. They started playing Christmas tunes on Thanksgiving day and pretty much kept it up all weekend, but I notice that they are back to playing oldies today. Thank goodness, because I don't think I could have stood that for an entire month!
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7 years ago
Yes, before Thanksgiving this year.
schoolhouse_gw
7 years ago
The one Christmas song that can actually give me a headache is "Run, Rudolph, Run", the Chuck Berry song. Only this version isn't song by Mr. Berry. I don't know who or what group is yelling the lyrics out but I can't stand it.
OutsidePlaying
7 years ago
We sing in a Christmas chorale and have to memorize all our music. That's pretty much all the Christmas music I can get into.

We have a local radio station that starts playing non-stop Christmas music about a week before Thanksgiving. I refuse to listen to that station any longer. There's only so much Burl Ives' Holly Jolly Christmas and Brenda Lee's Rockin Around the Christmas Tree I can stomach. I only listen to Sirius radio, my iTunes music or one local talk radio station. If there is a weather emergency and I happen to be in the car, I will tune into a local station for updates.
sushipup1
7 years ago
I listen to NPR. No Christmas music, thank goodness.

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