No, I don't listen to it all year round, even though it is my favorite music. I think if I did, it wouldn't seem so special at Christmas time. And I don't also because I am not really thinking about it the whole year, although oddly enough, it seems that when a song pops in my head, more often than not, it is a Christmas song, no matter what time of the year. When I was a child, I loved Christmas music so much (still do) that I would start singing Christmas carols in September and drive my family nuts. So, my mother made a rule that there was no singing Christmas songs allowed until two weeks before Christmas. Funny, I got my love of Christmas and Christmas music from my mother, but she had no problem waiting til a week before Christmas to put up the tree. Anyway, this 'rule' of having to wait to sing or play Christmas music has stuck with me. But, I do allow the music and decorations to go up either Thanksgiving night or the day after. Now, usually, each year, I start feeling Christmassy in either September or October, but if I give in to it then, then sometimes it's gone by December. I allowed myself to listen to some Christmas music online yesterday when the kids were at school, but I didn't really enjoy it, because I'm not 'supposed' to be listening to it this early. yes, I know I am anal about the whole thing, lol.
