Or is there ever a good time?
Radió na Life presenter Laura Gaynor writes:
“Following a debate on Twitter I have decided to turn an important question into a vlog. I’d like to be the first Dublin radio presenter in 2014 to play Christmas music, however, I’d like to know: when is it acceptable to play Christmas music on the radio? Would love if you’d check out the video and let me know what you think…”
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Bogger Shopping Day is the offical start of Irish Christmas Time.
december 1st.
i noted with some dismay that on saturday there were a total of 5 christmas movies on the tellybox. i was almost moved to write a stiffly-worded letter to the indo. but i’m not that sad so i quietly fumed instead.
True Movies have been running ‘Ms Scrooge’ for the past two months…. it seems to be on every time I traverse the high numbers in the far reaches of the EPG guide.
EPG guide? Is that more like the ATM machine or the PIN number?
I know, I hate the term too.
It’s actually a personal PIN number.
Given it’s a christian festival and that the biggest christian chuch in Ireland starts their pre-Christmas preparations on November 30th this year I’d imagine that date should do the job.
http://dublinsouthfm.ie/ played https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uey6VktC5ms
friday 2 weeks ago when they said there is just blahblahblah till xmas
sorry about that, looks like you were really on to something
maybe tell us blahblahblah till valentines day in january so I can be sure i’m clean south of the border in time
Tackling these kind of red button topics is exactly the kind of thing that will see you ascend the ranks to one day rival Ray D’Arcy as a paragon of pointless punditry.
A syncretic “carol” like the “The Holly Bears a Berry” on Solstice eve would probably count as the first song of Festivus.
Sky one showed Miracle on 34th Street yesterday afternoon so I think this is a rather moot point.
Personally I’d limit it to Christmas Eve 12 noon to 8pm. The problem is it’d probably be wall to wall Fairytale of New York as stations try to get in the compulsory 267 play per year…..each (or at least that’s what it feels like).
However I did notice a niche in the market which I intend to exploit for next year, there are feck all Halloween Songs (Thriller was done to death as was The Monster Mash). Song cap on, pen and paper to hand and online rhyming dictionary already programmed.
8th of December. Boggers’ big day out shoppin’ in the schmoke.
Though in my case, around now. I love Christmas.
As far as I know Nova played a christmas song a few weeks ago!
Dec 1st to Jan 1st
Whenever ye like. Grinches such as I go temporarily deaf for the festive season.
Your TV licence at work.
Right this very minute.
My local pub (inadvertently) played ‘the Christmas tape’ one evening about 2 weeks ago. But they did only get about halfway thru Silent Night before the entire clientele threatened the barman with physical violence unless he stopped it immediately!
Everyday should have Christmas songs
Its never too early
So here it is Merry Christmas
Everybody’s havin fun
iitttttts Chrissssssmmmmaaaasssss
*sound of something heavy thrown to Frilly Keane’s kitchen window*
….through it even :)
If you don’t have Christmas in your heart Clamps
You won’t find it under the tree
but you may find it horsed through your window..
Christmas music on Broadsheet starts now > http://youtu.be/DhPYy7PhL_0
8th of December to 26th of December
8th of December.
Christmas day. It’s one day. 24 hours.
Before/after – not Christmas. No Christmas songs allowed.
It should be banned, like saying Merry Christmas to a Jew, you have to say happy holidays.
It shouldn’t be allowed goddamit.
I imagine do they this sort of thing to prisoners of war, play the same music over and over. It’s cruel.
Just my tuppence. What station is this? Just so I avoid it.
Close enough, according to Jon Ronson the theme from Barney the dinosaur and bad metal like Marilyn Manson I think get played on repeat at top volume to prisioners/suspected terrorists who’ve been rendited
I knew it.
Barney and Marilyn Manson I could take.
Do they know it’s Christmas Time, and I’d tell um everything.
I couldn’t take Barney
He’s a bit big all right.. What about his friends?
Barney has friends ???? Now you’re talking.
The answer is NEVER. Grow up people.