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Start of the holiday season

Stores have been decorated for Christmas for weeks. Some homes are sporting tinsel along with autumn leaves and radio stations have begun playing Christmas carols. When do you think the holiday season should start?
Option Votes Percent
It can't start too soon for me. 840 [5%] 5%
Any time after Halloween. 1299 [7%] 7%
Not until after Thanksgiving, please! 13653 [74%] 74%
Not before December 1. 2586 [14%] 14%
18378 total votes.

Poll created by: Jodi Glusco

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If you're tired of Christmas music, 100.7 doesn't play it at all. If you're close to Greensboro, 98.7 plays only a little, and it's usually the unusual kitschy stuff you rarely hear.
Click to view my profile sat123
November 18, 2009 11:12 a.m.
"I do not like Christmas decoration and radio station flipping before Thanksgivings. This is going to be an extremely hard Christmas for my family because of financial reason. It has been depressing listen to Christmas music from the radio station, because I am not looking forward to it this year". yvette

Know what you mean yvette. Its going to be hard on us also. My husband has been laid off since March, so I'm not looking forward to it this year either
Click to view my profile sfate61
November 18, 2009 10:33 a.m.
Too bad we cannot all hold off until the week before Christmas to do our gift shopping - that would force the merchants to have big sales and we would get the stuff for 1/2 off! Oh well. There is always the After Christmas sales.
Click to view my profile Tax Man
November 18, 2009 10:05 a.m.
No wonder the day after Christmas folks are sick of it all. It just starts way too soon! I remember, yes, back in the day, when the week between Christmas and New Year's was magical...lots of entertaining, the Christmas Carols playing. No one was sick of the music yet, cause you may have heard an occasional song after Thanksgiving, but mostly the music began in earnest in mid December. All leading up to New Year's. And no one took their tree down until after New Year's Day...many left them up until January 6th. Again, cause no one put the tree up before mid December, with many families decorating the tree on Christmas Eve! All the Christmas decorations and music 24 hours at this point in time is simply a marketing tool, and has nothing to do with spreading good cheer, it's all about spending money.
pulstar40
November 18, 2009 8:33 a.m.
yvette - "I do not like Christmas decoration and radio station flipping before Thanksgivings. This is going to be an extremely hard Christmas for my family because of financial reason. It has been depressing listen to Christmas music from the radio station, because I am not looking forward to it this year."

I don't understand yvette, the meaning and reason behind why Christmas is celebrated in the USA hasn't changed. Don't just look at the superficial lights, decorations and music. Celebrate Christmas for what it represents not what the world wants you to celebrate. Please???
Click to view my profile dcshadows
November 18, 2009 8:09 a.m.
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