[Orangedog]

I know that usually by December 20th I've heard "White Christmas" so many times that I'm tempted to find a can of gasoline and a match in the middle of Target.

[Stopislamnow]

Heh, I merchandise for a living.

Christmas Muzak is a tool of the anti-christ.

[wideminded]

Has there really ever been a study done that shows whether assaulting the ears with Christmas Musak repeated ad infinitum gets people to buy more? And how to explain the time I was trapped in an airport terminal waiting for a delayed flight while Christmas jingles played over the intercom for hours? (This was long ago enough that there were no stores in the terminal.) Perhaps the strategy is to increase the stress of the month before Christmas even more. But it seems more likely that the people who order the music to be played and those that put it together simply have no creativity.