It’s been a long school day. Ready to go home, a student gets in her car, flopping tiredly onto the seat, thrusting her purse onto the passenger seat. As she starts the engine, she decides she’s in the mood for some lighthearted music, so she turns on the radio only to be filled with disappointment. It’s the same old Christmas music she’s been listening to for the past two weeks. “Not again,” she whines to herself.

Christmas music is seriously overplayed to the point where it has become irritating.

Christmas music is supposed to be happy and cheerful, and it is ‒ until people hear it 24/7 everywhere: in malls, in restaurants, in stores. Think of medicine: the right amount may cure people, but large doses can have the opposite effect. It’s the exact same way with Christmas music.

Every year, Christmas music starts infesting people’s ears about a month before Christmas, usually right after Thanksgiving. For some radio stations, these Christmas tunes begin as early as Halloween! It might seem refreshing at first, but it quickly loses novelty.

Furthermore, not everyone celebrates or believes in Christmas. Playing Christmas music on the radio so often creates an illusion of absolute Christian domination when in truth, many people believe in a different religion and some are atheists.

Some people believe Christmas music should be played as much as it currently is because it gets people in the mood for Christmas. However, people don’t need to look forward to Christmas for two months. Christmas is only one of the many holidays that exists. Plus, there are many ways to look forward to something, and playing the same songs over and over again is simply not the best option.

Next year, radio stations should wait at least until the last two weeks of December to start playing Christmas music. Playing Christmas music so often on the radio is an overdose of the Christmas spirit.