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  • 06-11-2006 1:37pm
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    pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 691 ✭✭✭


    OK anyone else SICK of the christmas carols being blasted from the shop speakers?

    I know its christmas soon but for now its only november-And we wonder why by december 10th we are ready to pack it all in!!I love christmas but if i see
    " 7 weeks to go" on another window ill kill myself-It seems like only yesterday i was in town and Toymaster had a sign saying"21 weeks to christmas" and i thought" ah thats ages away" How its crepped up this year!!!

    I still have SO MUCH to get!

    Anyone here have everything gotten wrapped and ready!

    Like my weird sisters have!!!


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    #2
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    i heard "Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas" in Dunnes yesterday

    i died a little inside. too soon for those songs


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    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,859 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    oh has it all started yet? been to busy drinkin and doin fun stuff to notice trivial things like that.



    haha how did that post sound! :rolleyes:


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    connundrum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    pepper wrote:
    OK anyone else SICK of the christmas carols being blasted from the shop speakers?

    I know its christmas soon but for now its only november-And we wonder why by december 10th we are ready to pack it all in!!I love christmas but if i see
    " 7 weeks to go" on another window ill kill myself-It seems like only yesterday i was in town and Toymaster had a sign saying"21 weeks to christmas" and i thought" ah thats ages away" How its crepped up this year!!!

    I still have SO MUCH to get!

    Anyone here have everything gotten wrapped and ready!

    Like my weird sisters have!!!

    Its not that bad, you could be worse off. Imagine having no Christmas at all huh??


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    chillywilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    i heard "Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas" in Dunnes yesterday

    i died a little inside. too soon for those songs

    it should be "do they know its NOT christmas":D


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    djkeogh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,738 ✭✭✭djkeogh


    Seeing as Islam is prob still the pre-dominant religion I doubt they care.


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    Miss Fluff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    I got a Christmas Card this morning from a business publication!


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    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    It hit me in the Pavilions in Swords last friday... they have the tree up and a good few decorations... i guess ill start sizing up presents the next time im in town.


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    Kojak
    Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    i heard "Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas" in Dunnes yesterday

    i died a little inside. too soon for those songs


    Noooo, only another month and 19 days until this is over. :eek:


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    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Bring it on :) I've been playing these Christmas ditties since July but then I'm a real saddo when it comes to Christmas. I love it :D


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I've been hearing Christmas songs with the shops kitted out for a good while now so it doesn't bother me too much, silly yankehs. :(


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I absolutely love xmas but I refuse to acknowledge xmas season til december 1st
    I admit I have started thinking of what pressies to buy though :o


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    Suaimhneach
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 4,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭Suaimhneach


    ITS ONLY SIX WEEKENDS AWAY!
    They started late tbh.

    <3 Christmas.


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    i worked in dunnes for 3 years. they play about 20 songs on a loop. i was near suicidal by the time christmas arrived every year


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    FranknFurter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭FranknFurter


    Wonder how long it will be before "Fairytale of New York" starts being played EVERYWHERE, EVERY minute of the day?!
    Wont be long now I wager.
    When you have that song in yer head 24/7 and its a choice between homicide and suicide, thats when you know its really xmas!

    B


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    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    I've been ignoring it obviously because I've noticed anything to do with Xmas yet.

    I've heard people complain about the fact that the hype is starting early but people who complain about the hype are still spreading it. Just don't talk about or worry presents and the like for another month or so.


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    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    i heard "Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas" in Dunnes yesterday

    i died a little inside. too soon for those songs


    i work there....


    i'm dead inside


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    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,223 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    It's the biggest commercial holiday of the year for retail. Knowing this, would you expect them to behave any different?


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    Dan133269
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Dan133269


    Commander Vimes wrote:
    i worked in dunnes for 3 years. they play about 20 songs on a loop. i was near suicidal by the time christmas arrived every year

    :D funnily enough when I worked in Tesco for 2 years I used to love when the christmas songs came on because the usual music was so utterly detestable it was such a nice change


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    FranknFurter wrote:
    Wonder how long it will be before "Fairytale of New York" starts being played EVERYWHERE, EVERY minute of the day?!
    Wont be long now I wager.
    When you have that song in yer head 24/7 and its a choice between homicide and suicide, thats when you know its really xmas!

    B
    I never even liked that song in the first place =/


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    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Where I work, we don't play Christmas music on principle...


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    #22
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Smithfield on Ice begins soon. That'll mean Xmas tunes blasted through my whole apartment every evening and night and all day at the weekends. I might just start crying now..


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    #23
    pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 691 ✭✭✭pepper


    And soon the christmas lights will go up-well actually they are up in my town already but they have not lit them yet!!! :p


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    #24
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    http://www.commissionedcomic.com/strips/2006-11-07.jpg

    It's Still November.


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    #25
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Moved from AH.


    muhahahaha!


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    #26
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Karoma wrote:
    Moved from AH.


    muhahahaha!

    Nice forum, why isn't it appearing in the "Rec" drop-down menu at the top of the screen? :(


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    #27
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    r3nu4l wrote:
    Nice forum, why isn't it appearing in the "Rec" drop-down menu at the top of the screen? :(

    It will eventually, takes a few hours for it to happen as far as I can remember from others being created.


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    #28
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Ruu wrote:
    It will eventually, takes a few hours for it to happen as far as I can remember from others being created.

    Cheers Ruu, I realise these things are going to take longer...now that it's coming up to Christmas! Yay!:D


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    #29
    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭deisemum


    It's one thing being a customer and hear the christmas songs while shopping but that's nothing to what the staff have to endure.


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    c - 13
    Registered Users Posts: 5,584 ✭✭✭c - 13


    What makes xmas songs even worse is that there probably only ~20 of them and during the christmas period its the same 20 songs for ~2 months just being sung by different people and sometimes, at a stretch, at different tempos.


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