As Thanksgiving is approaching, there seems to be a new buzz around campus. No, I am not talking about the busy students tending to their final papers and projects and beginning to study for their finals, or the gleeful jabber over the holidays. I am talking about the perpetual overtones and boisterous, flamboyant holiday music that sticks in your head for days on end, slowly sinking deeper and deeper into your soul until you are transformed into a gingerbread-making, fuzzy sweater-wearing, holiday fiend. Yes, you all know what I am talking about. The overly merry and jingly tunes that sing of winter frivolities and lovers sharing a kiss under the mistletoe. There is nothing wrong with celebrating the holidays, but NOT on November 10th, for crying out loud. It isn’t even time to think about who is making the stuffing this year, and where you are going to put great aunt Patty, and her two yuppy poodles, but hey, at least you know Frosty is coming to town. As soon as Halloween is over, Christmas takes over. It is nice to build up to the holiday, but lets be honest here, there are only so many times you can hear about Grandma getting run over by a raindeer as you are clawing your way to that perfect oven-stuffer turkey. Every year the music is played earlier and earlier. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good healthy dose of holiday cheer, but as with everything in this country if we like something, we mass produce it. Now, even our holiday playlists are targets.
