When do Christmas carols at your work start?

[ralerin]

Assuming you work with a place that has music of course.

We just started ours today. Normally Aid of Rite starts them after Thanksgiving but I guess not this year. It's the same loop of carols I heard last year mixed with the same regular songs. So long as I don't hear the exact same loop twice in an 8 hour shift like I did last year, I'm cool with it (expect with My Grown Up Christmas List, that song can go DIAF).

[the_std]

Ours always starts December 1st, and the one time they tried to bump that to November 15th, there was a mutiny. As it is, I still hate a month straight of Christmas music, but it's better than a month and a half.

[Iris Kojiro]

We can't really hear the music in the pharmacy section at the Medicine Hat, so I'm pretty lucky in that regard. Some of my coworkers complain about not being able to hear the music, but I enjoy not being bombarded with store music every day.

[Slayer]

Started today.

Decorations in the mall got placed overnight as well. Our mall is doing Activities for Kids every weekend to lead into Santa's arrival which started last weekend so it makes sense.

I like the music, but they had weird stuff today, lol. I hope they get a better selection. I only hear it when I walk towards the corridor (it plays over the mall's system, not in the store) so it's not a "all the time" sort of deal for me.

[Trixie]

Ours haven't started yet. Last year they started the week of Thanksgiving. Hopefully we get more than every bad version of Winter Wonderland and Jingle Bells.

[Flying Grype]

I started work three weeks ago and sometime during the second week they started mixing carols in with the regular kiddie tunes. (It's a toy store, and the music we play is all from albums that we sell.) Fortunately they're not your average Christmas albums, the one that I really like is a New Orleans Christmas and has jazz and zydeco in it.

[Pagan]

Started today.

Decorations in the mall got placed overnight as well. Our mall is doing Activities for Kids every weekend to lead into Santa's arrival which started last weekend so it makes sense.

Santa's already at the mall near me. He's been there since the 5th of November.

What's really sad is I don't remember seeing any advertising about it. That used to be such big deal.

[ZumZum]

Working in a corporate restaurant that wants to be PC has it's advantages. We don't play Christmas music!

I don't have anything against it, but I like it to be on my terms.
That is what Slacker Radio is for. I can listen to whatever Christmas music I want.

[SpaceCore]

Working in schools gives a weird mix. Not that you hear music much anyways.
Some are trying to be so PC that you'll never hear Christmas music.
And you'll hear it at the ones that allow it super early because of band rehearsals for winter concerts.

[simplyanother]

They started between the 31st of October and the 3rd of November (I didn't work the days between).

I am already over it.

[BowserKoopa1]

At Walmart they started the day after Halloween, and it didn't take long for everyone to get very sick and tired of it. The lawn and garden section has it the worst, as they have to listen to annoying children sing the christmas songs. I'm certainly glad I don't have to work in that section.
Well I actually have a bit of good news about the songs up on the front end. Quite a few customers complained about it (THANK GOD!!!) and we don't have to freakin listen to them anymore, at least for now. Never thought anything good would ever come from customers complaining!

[Becks]

As far as I know, whenever the Weather Channel starts.

That's the only station we're allowed to have on at the place of employment.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Dunno. Will stop at the swamp tomorrow night for next week's schedule.

If the Christmas tunes haven't started up by then, I imagine they will early next week.

[SpaceCore]

Oh, and it's worth noting that the Christmas carols started on my mp3 player on November 1, because I absolutely love Christmas.

[Dreamstalker]

A few stores have started the carols; mine hasn't yet.

The closest mall to us has started full-bore; they even have these gigantic fake ornaments (I could stand up inside one with room to spare) hanging from the rafters. Last night there was some puff piece on the news filmed in the mall, and I commented how my idea of 'holiday spirit' would be one of the decorations falling on someone (we both hate that mall).

Mom agreed