We have two radio stations playing continuous Christmas music until Christmas Day. One started November 1, and the other November 14. I like to hear Christmas music, but I feel the radio stations should start the day after Thanksgiving. A lot of people forget about Thanksgiving (for the US) being in November. I realize in Canada it is in October, and probably other months around the world.

We don't have Thanksgiving at all in England.
But I think all things christmas should be banned until December 1st!

For us, the Christmas season always started the day after Thanksgiving, when we would get together as a family, snack on leftovers and put up our decorations. I LOVE Christmas music, and my mother and I always sing while putting up the tree. This year, I put up my tree with MY daughter, singing carols all the way. (Ah, what wonder in a 2 year old's face to see the lights glinting off those shiny ornaments for the first time!)

However, two stations in my town have been playing all Christmas music since Nov 1 as well, and they have outright said it was to give merchants a boost. Well, they also said it was to help ease the stress of the election, but I don't buy that. If they come right out and admit they're doing it for commercialism, I see no reason not to believe it, and I think that is simply ridiculous, among other, much more foul things that I cannot say here.

They've been playing christmas music in the shops since November 1st. Wilkinsons has been taken over by an army of singing christmas trees and weird Santa's.
I love christmas music... but not before December. My housemates and I will be putting our tree up on Wednesday because it will be December 1st, and it has to go up early as we finish uni for christmas on 17th Dec and everyone will be going home.

We have a station that started playing Christmas music since Nov.1 which is O.K. because I like most Christmas music. There is one song that I have only heard twice and I don't know the name of it or who sings it.It's a very pretty song and I was wondering if anybody can help identify it? It is sung by what sounds like a young girl (teens maybe?), and it is about a girl named Maria who finds a sick or injured bird and nurses it back to health. The rest of the song I'm not sure about because I've only heard it in my truck and I can never catch all of it. It sounds like it has a bit of a Spanish melody. Can anybody help?