# I finally lost the willpower to keep Christmas music on the shelf **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079 "2006-10-19T13:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/1 "2006-10-19T13:10:25Z")
Digging through my collection of CDs last night, I found a cheerful album to go along with my upbeat mood at the end of a busy day. In keeping with the trend of ever-earlier starts to the holiday season, it happened to be an album of Christmas tunes [performed by Andre Rieu](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pl548qfmbtx4), and I couldn’t muster the willpower to keep it on the shelf for another day, let alone another month. I make a poor example for those aspiring to self-restraint in this age of seasonal excesses. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/2 "2006-10-19T13:15:04Z")
So you’re saying you threw it in the bin? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/3 "2006-10-19T13:22:40Z")
I was doing my happy dance in the office on Tuesday because I saw the announcement for the [2006 Carols for a Cure CD](http://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/brgrgicaforc3.html) ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/4 "2006-10-19T13:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] So you’re saying you threw it in the bin? [/QUOTE] No, I loaded it in my CD player and listened to the music as I was falling asleep. It’s an album I already had in my collection, but I hadn’t planned on bringing it out from long-term storage this early in the year. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/5 "2006-10-19T13:55:19Z")
This reminds me - I need to stock up on earplugs for the upcoming season. Yeah, call me Scrooge. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/6 "2006-10-19T13:59:57Z")
You’re not alone, Prophet. I understand that as it gets close to the holiday, people are going to want to hear more and more holiday music, but it’s been starting earlier and earlier, lately. I can’t take two months of Jingle Bell Rock. Soon enough, there actually will be a year-round Santa store like the one that was invented as a joke in the Onion’s Jean Teasdale columns a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/7 "2006-10-19T18:25:29Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Soon enough, there actually will be a year-round Santa store like the one that was invented as a joke in the Onion’s Jean Teasdale columns a while back. [/QUOTE] Here’s a list of year round Christmas stores: > **[OLBWIN: Platform Game Online Resmi Dengan Rahasia RTP Slot Paling Gacor 2026](https://www.quartette.com/)** > > OLBWIN merupakan platform resmi dari game online dengan rahasia rtp slot yang terbukti paling gacor ditahun 2026 banyak dimainkan dan gampang menang. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/8 "2006-10-19T18:49:56Z")
Uhhh, I think confessional stuff such as the OP usually goes into the Pit… Also, there’s a year-round Christmas ornament store in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/9 "2006-10-19T19:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] Here’s a list of year round Christmas stores: > **[OLBWIN: Platform Game Online Resmi Dengan Rahasia RTP Slot Paling Gacor 2026](https://www.quartette.com/)** > > OLBWIN merupakan platform resmi dari game online dengan rahasia rtp slot yang terbukti paling gacor ditahun 2026 banyak dimainkan dan gampang menang. [/QUOTE] That list might represent a thousandth of the year-round christmas stored in the US. I’ve personally seen them in Highlands, NC; Bar Harbor, ME; Provincetown, MA (2); and about 30 other places. They are everywhere in tourist-driven communities. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/10 "2006-10-19T19:24:05Z")
I just purchased [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002A0P/102-4509460-2209754?ie=UTF8) and [this](http://www.amazon.com/Nick-Nite-Classic-Cartoon-Christmas/dp/B00000DSMV/ref=pd_sim_m_1/102-4509460-2209754?ie=UTF8) . But I haven’t opened them yet. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/11 "2006-10-19T19:43:47Z")
My Christmas cassettes and CDs stay in the trunk with my decorations so I can resist the temptation, and they feel like new again each year. The exceptions are Handel’s Messiah and the Messiah: A Soulful Celebration which stay out because I also need them for Easter. The pop station around here starts full-time Xmas tunes Thanksgiving PM and doesn’t stop until Xmas night. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/12 "2006-10-19T21:47:34Z")
[QUOTE=biqu] … I make a poor example for those aspiring to self-restraint in this age of seasonal excesses. [/QUOTE] Indeed, a very poor example. Eek, it’s not even Hallowe’en yet and you want to start Christmas. :eek: Write out a hundred times “must try harder”. Or we could just, I don’t know, throw you to the dogs or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/13 "2006-10-19T22:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] My Christmas cassettes and CDs stay in the trunk with my decorations so I can resist the temptation, and they feel like new again each year. The exceptions are Handel’s Messiah and **the Messiah: A Soulful Celebration** which stay out because I also need them for Easter. [/QUOTE] I just want to say that the Soulful Celebration version rocks my world! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/14 "2006-10-19T22:08:26Z")
I have 35-40 Christmas albums. Last year, I played only a handful of them. It was always sorta strange that I loved Christmas music so much; I was never heavily into Christ. I think it’s interesting how many Jewish performers have recorded Christmas albums. I never have played Christmas music before Hallow’e’en. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/15 "2006-10-19T22:16:29Z")
I usually do a couple sometime in the middle of the summer, and my kids get disgusted. I’ve been very sternly told that I _may not_ play them now, until after Thanksgiving dinner. So I’m keeping them secret. 😉 Hey, these are my favorite songs. Why can’t I listen to them during the year? ---
**Author:** ![parsnip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parsnip/32/4564_2.png) [@parsnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parsnip)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/16 "2006-10-19T23:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] I just want to say that the Soulful Celebration version rocks my world! [/QUOTE] Me too. It’s in the car right now. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/17 "2006-10-19T23:46:36Z")
I’m eagerly awaiting (much to **supervenusfreak’s** chagrin) the beginning of the 24-hour Christmas programming on the radio stations here. Only another 6 weeks… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/18 "2006-10-20T16:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] I just want to say that the Soulful Celebration version rocks my world! [/QUOTE] Every time I listen to it I hear something new to appreciate. Unfortunately I was playing it loud on Saturday night before Easter (after a particularly lovely Vigil service) and while it was only 10 PM, my landlords called to ask me to turn it down. :mad: I must break out my good earphones. ---
**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/19 "2006-10-20T16:42:21Z")
Christmas anything should be banned until after Thanksgiving. Banned! Don’t you realize by elongating the Christmas season by starting this stuff early you’re diluting its potency? 😛 (some how Christmas and potency in the same sentence seems dirty) I was driving through my neighborhood and I saw someone had xmas lights up. For a second I thought they must be Halloween lights but who the heck has herd of Halloween lights? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079/20 "2006-10-20T16:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=guppy] For a second I thought they must be Halloween lights but who the heck has herd of Halloween lights? [/QUOTE] There are definitely pumpkin, ghost and bat string lights out there. Must light the way to your door! 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-lost-the-willpower-to-keep-christmas-music-on-the-shelf/377079.md?page=2)