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betsuni

(25,544 posts) Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:54 AM Nov 2016

Grocery stores are playing Christmas music and I don't think I can take it anymore.

This is Japan so there isn't the firewall of Thanksgiving to stop Christmas. The trees around here only just started to think about changing into their autumn colors, sunny days are still hot. It isn't even true autumn yet, let alone winter. I despise Paul McCartney's Christmas song and John Lennon's too, they depress me, and they're played on an endless horrible loop at the markets I frequent. I'll be aurally tortured for the next 47 days. Why why why why. Nobody even thinks about Christmas until a few days before, it isn't a big deal anymore. I'm going to have to buy earplugs and insert them every time I enter a supermarket. I almost burst into tears today when I heard "Jingle Bells." I guess I've reached my limit. War on Christmas, I haz it.

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Grocery stores are playing Christmas music and I don't think I can take it anymore. (Original Post) betsuni Nov 2016 OP

I walked into Target Saturday and went "Aw, man." Iggo Nov 2016 #1

anything to make a yen rurallib Nov 2016 #3

I know, used to be after Thanksgiving, now it's right after Halloween. Fla Dem Nov 2016 #4

They had Christmas decorations Loryn Nov 2016 #7

I feel for retail employees... deepthought42 Nov 2016 #8

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Iggo

(47,558 posts)

1. I walked into Target Saturday and went "Aw, man."

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 01:04 PM

Nov 2016

First store I hear playing Christmas music gets zero of my Christmas shopping dollars.

Sorry, Target!

rurallib

(62,426 posts)

3. anything to make a yen

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 02:00 PM

Nov 2016

Fla Dem

(23,693 posts)

4. I know, used to be after Thanksgiving, now it's right after Halloween.

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 02:59 PM

Nov 2016

And it forces you to move up your timetable as well. Particularly if you've getting new decorations. Last year I waited until the week after Thanksgiving to go to Michaels for some Christmas garlands and they were already completely sold out. So yesterday I went and bought a new wreath. I use a real one on the inside of my front door, because it's too hot on the outside front door. It gets direct sunlight and dries the real ones out withing a week. so use an artificial one there.

Loryn

(944 posts)

7. They had Christmas decorations

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:20 PM

Nov 2016

all lined up on shelves directly behind the Halloween decorations at the Fred Meyers near me.

Christmas has become a living hell.

deepthought42

(2,779 posts)

8. I feel for retail employees...

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:52 PM

Nov 2016

...having worked retail I know the torture that is listening to what seems like a million different versions of the same 5 xmas songs. For hours a day, for weeks on end. *twitch*

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