# Is it too early to discuss Christmas music? I have 22 hours of it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061 "2004-10-25T16:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/1 "2004-10-25T16:16:10Z")
I was looking at the music I have saved on my computer and discovered that I have 22 hours of Christmas music! Brian Setzer, Harry Connick, The Moody Blues, Mannheim Steamroller, and a bunch of various others. I put it all on HD so we could have music during the holidays and not change discs and I’m still going to add more. I just happened across [this Big Bad Voodoo Daddy CD](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3089848) which has the Heat Miser song! That’s got to be some hot stuff! Can’t have one Miser without the other though. If only I could find a Snow Miser song other than [the one on here](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2631063). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/2 "2004-10-25T16:22:42Z")
I suppose [I could go with the original version](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002A0P/qid=1098721606/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3955932-2664607?v=glance&s=music) but for $23.95? ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/3 "2004-10-25T16:41:43Z")
A pox upon your house!!! Yes, it is **MUCH** too early to discuss Christmas music. It’s not even Halloween yet! Please, please, please wait until after Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/4 "2004-10-25T16:48:17Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > It’s not even Halloween yet! [Got that covered, too](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2880925). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/5 "2004-10-25T16:50:09Z")
Oh, and “Jingle Bells” was originally a Thanksgiving song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/6 "2004-10-25T17:02:33Z")
Do you by any chance have a cite for that? I just love that little bit of information and would love to be able to spread it. I also like Jingle Bells. I’m going to have to re-enter all my Christmas music because my hard drive crashed this summer. I also have lots. Including Christmas bagpipe music. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/7 "2004-10-25T17:23:00Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Do you by any chance have a cite for that? I just love that little bit of information and would love to be able to spread it. I also like Jingle Bells. It didn’t take long to find [this site:](http://www.carols.org.uk/jingle_bells.htm) > [@](#): > > … Jingle Bells, one of the most famous American Christmas songs, was originally written for Thanksgiving! The author and composer of Jingle Bells was a minister called James Pierpoint who composed the song in 1857 for children celebrating his Boston Sunday School Thanksgiving. The song was so popular that it was repeated at Christmas, and indeed Jingle Bells has been reprised ever since. … ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/8 "2004-10-25T17:25:21Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Do you by any chance have a cite for that? I just love that little bit of information and would love to be able to spread it. There’s [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells), for starters. > [@](#): > > _I also like Jingle Bells._ I have a dozen or so different versions of this song. The Brian Setzer Orchestra version has got to be the coolest, followed by Santo & Johnny’s “Twistin’ Bells”. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/9 "2004-10-25T17:50:59Z")
I just picked up **The Barenaked Ladies** Christmas album, “Barenaked for Christmas” which has some cool stuff on it. Including “O Holy Night” done on a cheesy old basement-quality organ with drum machine. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/10 "2004-10-25T18:32:16Z")
It’s never too early. Or too late. Too much Christmas music is never enough. 22 hours? Bah! Amateur! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/11 "2004-10-25T18:46:03Z")
Do you have the Excelsis series from Projekt? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/12 "2004-10-25T18:56:17Z")
At least wait until no earlier than Thanksgiving day. I won’t play any Christmas music, not even my beloved Charlie Brown Christmas, until then. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-discuss-christmas-music-i-have-22-hours-of-it/271061/13 "2004-10-25T19:12:40Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Excelsis series from Projekt [Hmm](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1470556)…[interesting](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1532360&dm=t&recfrom=Excelsis%3a+A+Dark+Noel-1470556). > [@photopat](#): > > At least wait until no earlier than Thanksgiving day. I won’t play any Christmas music, not even my beloved Charlie Brown Christmas, until then. Quite right. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one at home who has Christmas music; the better than half of what I copied belongs to my better half. I hope we can at least avoid the “when to put up the lights” discussion this year.