{"id":203,"date":"2017-11-24T00:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/?p=203"},"modified":"2017-11-24T00:35:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:35:44","slug":"christmas-music-bah-humbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/2017\/11\/24\/christmas-music-bah-humbug\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas music: Bah! Humbug!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-205 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/please-stop-playing-christmas-music-t-shirts-maenner-premium-t-shirt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/please-stop-playing-christmas-music-t-shirts-maenner-premium-t-shirt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/please-stop-playing-christmas-music-t-shirts-maenner-premium-t-shirt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/please-stop-playing-christmas-music-t-shirts-maenner-premium-t-shirt.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are twelve days of Christmas&#8230; and none of them are in November.\u00a0 *sigh*\u00a0 But nevertheless, it&#8217;s that time of year, again. It&#8217;s&#8230; Christmas time!!! &lt;He said in a chirpy and perky tone of voice.&gt; Yes, that&#8217;s me, Mr Perky. Cute and cuddly til the end. So let Mr Perky say this about that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bah! Humbug! Humbug to all of you!<\/p>\n<p>Today marks the official, and only marginally acceptable, start of the Christmas season, and with that comes the Christmas music. Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong, I like watching little kids get excited about it, and I like the photo gear presents I buy for myself, but the music&#8230; ugh! I don&#8217;t know what is worse, the peppy tunes, the inspirational new-age stuff, or the insipid traditional crap that no emotionally stable person has ever liked.\u00a0 Just shoot me now.<\/p>\n<p>Who writes this garbage? Better yet, who listens to it? Some people do, obviously, but I seriously wonder about them. Then there&#8217;s the people who listen to it all&#8230; day&#8230; long&#8230; for days&#8230; weeks&#8230; on end. No, just no, Bad little elf! That&#8217;s wrong. The Geneva Convention outlawed this decades ago. You can&#8217;t subject people around you to this&#8230; this\u00a0 <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"flat\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIODAA\">flat<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"uninteresting\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIOTAA\">uninteresting<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"lackluster\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIOjAA\">lackluster<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"dull\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIOzAA\">dull<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"drab\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIPDAA\">drab<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"boring\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIPTAA\">boring<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"dry\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIPjAA\">dry<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"humdrum\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIPzAA\">humdrum<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"ho-hum\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIQDAA\">ho-hum<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"monochrome\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIQTAA\">monochrome<\/span>, plodding <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"tedious\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIQjAA\">tedious<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"pedestrian\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIRjAA\">pedestrian<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"trite\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoIRzAA\">trite<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"tired\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoISDAA\">tired<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"hackneyed\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoISTAA\">hackneyed<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"stale\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoISjAA\">stale<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"lame\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoISzAA\">lame<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"wishy-washy\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoITDAA\">wishy-washy<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"colorless\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoITTAA\">colorless<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"anemic\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoITjAA\">anemic<\/span>, <span class=\"_Yht\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-term-for-update=\"lifeless\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiKy-e2ytbXAhVGct8KHReRDj4Q_SoITzAA\">lifeless music.\u00a0 Seriously, i<\/span>t&#8217;s inhumane. I&#8217;d rather take a calculus test than this. At least the calculus test will end soon. It&#8217;s so bad, that given the choice, prisoners in Guantanamo chose waterboarding over non-stop Christmas music.<\/p>\n<p>December 26th never looked so good.<\/p>\n<p>But even I have a soft side, so it&#8217;s confession time: In every steaming pile of dog dung in December, there&#8217;s a little shiny nugget. I do have a Christmas CD. I am the proud owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Twisted_Christmas\">Twisted Sister&#8217;s <em>A Twisted Christmas<\/em><\/a>. Not bad.\u00a0 In fact, so good, they never felt the need to record and release another studio album.\u00a0 Quit while you&#8217;re ahead, baby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are twelve days of Christmas&#8230; and none of them are in November.\u00a0 *sigh*\u00a0 But nevertheless, it&#8217;s that time of year, again. It&#8217;s&#8230; Christmas time!!! &lt;He said in a chirpy and perky tone of voice.&gt; Yes, that&#8217;s me, Mr Perky. Cute and cuddly til the end. So let Mr Perky say this about that&#8230; Bah! 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