Wow. If you thought politics was
tearing this country apart, I've got news for you. That's NOTHING
compared to Christmas music!
After asking yesterday about the
appropriate time to start playing holiday tunes, I have to admit that
I was a little surprised over the differences in the notes readers
sent me. Much like the political views of American citizens, it
seems like there is no longer a middle ground, a moderate center.
You're either for one side or the other, and there's no hope for
compromise.
Who knew?
I received a bunch of notes from nice
people who informed me that we should already be playing Christmas
music. In fact, one person said she started listening to it back in
September, and was kind of disappointed we didn't start playing it
back then. I also received a bunch of notes from people who were
thankful we haven't started playing it yet. In fact, two of the
people in that group said they wouldn't mind if we didn't play ANY
Christmas music at all, even on the holiday itself.
Even I think that's a little too
excessive!
What surprised me the most is that I
didn't get any notes from people in the middle. I didn't get one
note from a person who thought this week or next week were good. And
while this certainly wasn't a scientific poll, it shocked me that
there wasn't one person who was more moderate in their Christmas
music views, believing that a few weeks of the tunes was an
acceptable alternative. According to the responses I received,
you're either in favor of months of the stuff or none of it at all.
Or, put in political parlance, you're
either with us or you're against us.
Now, like I said, this wasn't a
scientific survey. Maybe there really is a vast “middle” group
of people out there who are more “moderate” in their views on
when to play Christmas music. But if so, I didn't hear from them.
As a country, we've become so divided over a variety of issues that
maybe, just maybe, those very strong and very rigid views have seeped
over in to world of holiday tunes. I'd hope not. I'd like to think
that we still have SOME common ground. But these days, I'm not
taking anything like that for granted.
Anyway, thanks for the responses. I'm
taking all of them and averaging them together into that mythical
“common ground”. We'll start playing some Christmas music this
weekend. Not a lot, but just enough to remind you that the holiday
is soon on its way. Hopefully, we'll be able to squeeze into a
Goldilocks zone that may or may not be there.
Ho ho ho, I guess!
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