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Attention Stores:  It is now acceptable to play “Jingle Bells”

This public service announcement brought to you by all of us here at Jeremy Is In The Office as well as the world as a whole.  Thank you for your cooperation.

If you're like me, you've been to a store in the last month.  Perhaps it was a clothing store, or a department store, perhaps a home improvement store, or even a grocery store.  Regardless of the type of store, your experience has been largely the same.  Christmas trees, ornaments, lights, and music.  This is perfectly acceptable for this time of year.  Here's the problem...the last month is NOT THIS TIME OF YEAR!  

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, we had our whole Black Friday deal happening, Small Business Saturday was a Thing, and today happens to be Cyber monday.  This conglomeration or events officially concludes the "Thanksgiving Season" and kicks off the "Christmas Season."  Where exactly the line gets drawn is a little ambiguous, but it's right around now.  It was not a month ago.  

I say this because it seems like I have to.  "Jingle Bells" has been pervasive in society for over a month now, and by the time Christmas actually happens, everybody is sick of it.  The same holds true for every Christmas song, but I chose Jingle Bells because it's a universally recognized song for the Christmas season that doesn't actually say "Christmas" in it...have to be culturally neutral for a Sametime Status at work, you know.  Either way, you get the idea.  People get tired of Christmas music after a couple weeks, tops.  We're already there, and most of us just started our Christmas shopping three days ago.  

It's up to you, Stores.  Help stop this nonsense.  Leave Christmas to the Christmas season, and don't play Jingle Bells before it's time to play Jingle Bells.  Thank you, and Merry Christmas.