A Month Of Christmas Music.....Crud.........

I know this makes me in the vast minority, but boy do I hate Christmas music.  And I know lots and lots and lots of people love it and can listen to it over and over and over again.  Not me.....it literally makes me cringe to hear it. 

A few years ago when I worked at the hospital on Camp Lejeune, the Command Suite decided it would be a great idea to play nothing but Christmas CDs for the month of December so they asked people to bring in their CDs.  Well turns out not too many people must have brought them in, because they only had about 5 or 6 CDs, and they played them and nothing but them for that whole month.  To make matters worse, my desk happened to be under one of the speakers, and the music was a bit on the loud side. 

I went and asked if they could just turn off the music in the room we were in (I wasn't the only one who was tired of hearing them) but they said no.  So I asked could they at least turn it down. Nope, can't do that either.  I went to the Command Suite, but lo and behold, there was NO music in there.  No sirree bob, they didn't have to listen to it day in and day out.  No wonder they didn't care. 

By the middle of the month, I was contemplating getting up into the ceiling and ripping out the speaker.  And by the end of that December, I was truly about ready to go out of my mind listening to it.  Since then I can't stand hearing Christmas music.....and when I heard it in a store last week for the first time, I got out of there.  I know I can't avoid it when I am shopping, but it certainly will my shopping excursions much faster.  I was also disappointed this morning when I got in my car and was ready to listen to my favorite radio station and what was playing?  Yep, Christmas music.  I thought ok, maybe they're just playing one.  But no....another one played and then another, and I knew it was time to change the station.  Dang.  there goes my morning commute. 

I really don't have anything against Christmas, I do believe in it.  But why oh why do we have to hear the music 24/7????

I might need some Prozac this month.......