Grace: I think 25 days (plus or minus a few) is the perfect amount of time to celebrate Christmas. The fleetingness of the season is what makes the season special! When we go full Christmas the minute Halloween ends, the holiday magic of it all has lost its whimsy by the time Dec. 25 comes around. Holding out on our Christmas desires, and letting that nostalgia build, makes the holiday season feel so much more rewarding when it finally comes around.
Addison: I believe that life is short, and that we should live for the moment. There can never be too much Christmas music. Besides, why force yourself to wait for things you enjoy? Do not constrain your music taste to a season, be a free spirit! The holiday season is full of so many rewards already, like the weather, gifts and a break from classes. There is no reason to push off Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” when it is already stuck in your head.
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Grace: I also think that jumping the gun in celebrating Christmas exemplifies a wider-spread problem of wanting what we can’t have. How many times have we lamented about wanting it to be fall in August, but then longed for spring as soon as it got cold? I have been on a mission to live in the present moment and appreciate what we have when we have it – and part of this means appreciating November for what it is, and letting it be special in its own, unique way.
Addison: Refusing to listen to Christmas music until December is conforming to the standards of society that are already too constricting. So much of our lives are controlled by trends; don’t let the holidays control you as well. Society deems anything that does not fit as weird. As a society we should strive to think less that one idea is best for everyone. If that means neglecting traditional seasonal music, then so be it. What I cannot support is pink Christmas decor!
Grace: My main, personal, situational gripe with listening to Christmas music in November is that I live in North Carolina– it’s still hot outside! I don’t feel in the holiday spirit listening to music about “chestnuts roasting by an open fire” when it’s still seventy-something degrees outside.
Addison: We live in North Carolina, it is always hot outside. If you are waiting for the cold weather, you should listen to Christmas music in January!