Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 21, 2024

That’s why I’m done before Thanksgiving. I only go to smaller grocery stores in December that don’t sell much more than food.

I agree, by the time, you’ve heard ‘Silver Bells’ (or any other carol) sung by 20 different artists repeatedly for a month and a half BEFORE the actual day, it is enough to put you into the local ‘rubber room’ ! ! ! !

Back when I was in college, I worked part-time at a fast food chain named for a famous actor/country singer. Usually the sound system played instrumental versions of country classics, which was fine. But at Christmas we had to stick to just one tape playing badly “country-styled” versions of Christmas carols. Fake Southern accents, too much vibrato, steel guitars all over the place. On a ninety minute loop. For six weeks. I got REALLY good at tuning it out. And that means I can tune out background music basically anywhere now. Feels like a superpower.

Mom warned her about the music.

A local supermarket used to have a gumball machine that had a rooster that constantly crowed. It would drive me crazy waiting in line. I asked the checkout person how they could stand it. They said they got used to it and didn’t hear it after a while. Whoever came up with it was a sadist.

It does get on the nerves after a while.

I was done with Christmas music by mid November….smh

Have fun, Wally. She’s gonna be your own private basket case.

That’s why they invented headphones and music players.

I don’t mind Christmas Carols. What I despise are when famous singers try to jazz up a traditional Christmas song and put their own “spin” on it.

Thus, I have not started listening to Christmas music & have done all my shopping via Amazon. Music goes on the night of the 24th and off the morning of the 25th.

Amazon Music lets you shop and choose your own music.

Treacle poisoning.

I don’t like the novelty Christmas songs. Other than that, I’m fine with Christmas carols and Christmas songs, as long as I don’t have to hear Mariah Carey screeching “All I Want For Christmas” again!

I have Stan Freberg’s “Green Christmas” on heavy rotation. At least once every 100 minutes.

I was at Walmart and was quiet no music, my son works at Dillion’s not talked about store having music. What each Dillion’s and other retails is facing the CEO has decided to cut all hourly worker’s hours to less then part time. Son only works 3 days, off Christmas Eve as store closes at 6 p.m. close Christmas day.