Hey I think that it's great. And the best thing is that if I don't want to listen to it there's this knob thingy on the radio that when I turn it I can listen to something else. Amazing!
And Mildred you crack me up, annoying other religions, that's too funny. Thanks. :))

Yeah but you can't turn off the Christmas music that's playing in the stores or the mall.

You can turn off the music at stores. Where earlplugs! Or don't go. Are you really in those stores long enough for it to be annoying? Think of it this way. Read the story " A Christmas Carol" and find the true meaning of the season. It is not always about religion. The Grinch found the true meaning as well. Try it some time, you might enjoy it!

The point is Christmas music shouldn't be played, at least in my opinion, until after Thanksgiving. As far as decorations go, I feel the same way. Why must we rush all of the holidays? Granted Halloween isn't really a holiday but I've seen bags of candy in the stores in August. Same with Easter. You'll see candy out in January or February. Thanksgiving is pretty much being run over by Christmas.

I like to create a distinction in my mind between secular Christmas music and religious Christmas music. Hymns about Christ being born... I like to save until after Advent. It helps me observe my favorite church season. Around the first-or-second week of December, however, I give Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole permission to serenade with "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song."

The point is that Christmas pop music since about 1900 - with only the tiniest margin of exception - is completely terrible and shouldn't be played, ever.

I am a Christmas music nut -- BUT looking back to my childhood and watching the Thanksgiving Day parades on the tv and the commercials tempting us kids with "You Can Tell It's Mattel, It's swell!" and "It's a lovely toy -- It's IDEAL!" really kicked off the season of salivation for little ones! A trip to Philly to ride the monorail express in the toy dept. at Wanamaker's and the light show then down the street to Lit's for their Xmas Village -- the ultimate dream come true for a Malvern kid. Sitting on Santa Lew Atkinson's lap at the Malvern Fire House and getting that orange and box of hardtack candy -- the stuff of which dreams are made! And perusing the selection of toys at Horace Quann's Hardware on King Street -- or Woolworth's and Grant's in West Chester were over-the-top sensory overloads (not to mention the Sears catalog)! Perry Como and the Fontaine Sisters singing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", Gene Autry with "Santa Claus is coming to Town" and of course, Der Bingel's "White Christmas" reminded us that it wouldn't be long!! However, "Adeste Fidelis" at Mass put it all in perspective on Christmas morning. A stocking filled with little things and a Slinky -- made for a girl or a boy! I sing Christmas all year round and don't limit my gifting to one day. HAVE YOURSELF . . .

You know after I read this yesterday I was driving around listening to KYW. There was just so much rotten news on. I tuned to 100.7 and there was Vince Geraldi (sp) playing Charlie Brown Christmas, I felt much better. I'm okay with that.