It’s the most overdone time of the year

Every year we all get geared up for this fabulous time when sugar plums are dancing and credit cards are being maxed out, so we can all pretend we have exorbitant amounts of holiday cheer.

I love egg nog and Christmas caroling as much as the next person, but I don't need two months to prep for that one day of the year where I get to shred wrapping paper at warp speed and stuff myself full of food.

While corporations are partially to blame for the blatant disregard of my favorite food-based holiday, the music industry is just as responsible.

There are so many musicians that have to redo the old Christmas tunes that I hardly see how they could possibly be worth the effort of producing them.

Christina Aguilera and some of her cohorts have released Christmas albums that simply copy all of the things previous artists have done.

I get that Silent Night is an awesome song, but when you exploit it the way so many artist have, it becomes less of a way to appreciate the holy night it speaks of and more of a way to make a quick buck.

I know that the whole point of Christmas is stimulating the economy, but when you take it to the point that the song's meaning is no longer important, it is a problem. Whitney Houston sold over half a million copies of her Christmas album, and there wasn't really anything new or unique; it was just Christmas-oriented, so it automatically spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 charts.

The fact that radio stations are already playing those overdone tunes is just icing on the holiday-skipping cake. The overhype and two months of nothing but "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is killing the spirit of the entire holiday season.  

It has turned into a situation where by the time Christmas comes around, I am worn out on holiday music and have to take a month to recover from it.  It is as if holiday music is a drug in which the high is Christmas cheer and goodwill towards men.  January is the month in which we are all in rehab and cleanse ourselves of the merriment.

Maybe it is overdone because people have to get their fix in before it is no longer the holiday season. It is taboo, but I am still pretty sure you won't be shunned for listening to holiday music in July.

Spreading joy to the world is fair game three hundred and sixty-five days a year, so why don't we embrace it all and have a happy Thanksgiving.