>>Christmas songs are usually played to get people into a nice mood, but appearantly you react differently. Have you considered seeing a shrink? (Duck!)
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>>NB! Happy Christmas, war is over. <vbg>
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>It'll just be starting if you make comments like that! :-)
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>BTW compare "Happy Christmas, war is over" with "Screwball was a racehorse" - practically the same tune.
I haven't noticed the similarity between "Happy Christmas, war is over" and "Screwball was a racehorse", but now that you mention it, I must agree. I always was a big Peter, Paul and Mary fan.
By the way, I understand perfectly what you mean by your reaction to Slade's "So he ot is--". Two weeks before Christmas, I spent a prolonged weekend in Copenhagen with my wife, and in one of the pubs they played nothing but Christmas song for more than two hours. I don't think you are able to name any Christmas "hit" from the last 50 years which was not played, they palyed everything from Bing Crosby to Chris Rea, Slade, Wizard, John Lennon, Kim Wilde, Elvis...! But avtually it was kind of fun, I guess I had too many Carlsbergs and Tuborgs.
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>>>Yeah, he'd do for a start, but that wouldn't stop the song from being played ad nauseum. Especially when you walk in a pub at the start of December and it's playing!
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>>>>Noddy Holder?
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>>>>>Every time I hear Slade's "So here it is, merry Christmas..." I want to kill someone!
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>>>>>>It seems many Brits agree with you on holiday music torture:
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/14/christmas_music_torture/>>>>>>
>>>>>>It is one thing to hear the music continually while shopping - after all, a customer can leave when the noise is too much or just plain aggravating. However, employees are forced to listen. The same could be said though for Rap, Top40, ... :o) Nothing is worse than shopping in a store where the music is so loud it is painful. I say stop all music in stores period! No more background noise! :o)
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>>>>>>>>My favorite gifts:
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>>>>>>>I got three good things on that day:
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>>>>>>>1) nothing in form of actual presents, good.
>>>>>>>2) a nice chunk of work landed on my disk, so I had something to concentrate on and wait for the hype to pass, good.
>>>>>>>3) in the evening, the hype actually passed.
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>>>>>>>Now to the New Year. You don't have to believe in it, it works regardless.
