No holiday season has music anywhere near as good as the Christmas season. No Christmas season is enjoyable without starting a healthy dose of Mariah Carey, Elvis Presley, or any other artists’ Christmas music in early November. Even without decorations, anyone can still enjoy the festive music before Thanksgiving, a holiday that provides few song options. 

Oftentimes, snow is seen in early November, sometimes even leading to a snow day. Winter wonderlands are an important part of the Christmas season. Christmas music can depict exactly what is going on outside while telling a joyful story to lift up your snow day blues. Snow days do not only happen in December, therefore Christmas music should be welcomed early in November. When cleaning, doing work, or just relaxing, it’s easy to turn on Christmas music and let your worries dissolve. The smooth and comforting aroma established from the songs makes it easy to listen to the music for the upwards of two months that the Christmas season lasts. 

Although Christmas music is often repetitive, there is an abundance of artists making each song different. Many popular artists have released albums remaking classic songs into a more modern melody that can cater to any audience. Because of the variety of music, anyone can find a type that they like to listen to on repeat. Oftentimes, artists will dedicate their entire career to remaking Christmas music, allowing listeners to enjoy content from people that they have never heard of prior to Christmas. 

With Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving, buyers often start purchasing Christmas presents soon after Halloween. Christmas music is the only correct form of entertainment while wrapping presents to prepare for the upcoming season. The love and detail necessary in wrapping presents can not be done properly without being fully immersed in the Christmas spirit.

“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?” No. No I am not. Because sleigh bells don’t ring until there’s a full coating of snow. In Missouri, snow doesn’t show up until at least December, and usually lasts until March. No snow in November means the holidays are not here yet.

Another thing, in our lovely state of Misery, fall only really lasts for 2 weeks, if it even manages to last that long. My favorite fall pastime? Two words: Crunchy. Leaves. Jumping on the brown and orange fallen foliage provides a boost of serotonin. Attempting to make the highest leaf pile ever (which was 17 feet high and weighed 10 tons) is an option, but don’t plan on beating that world record anytime soon.

Using the argument “Christmas is a season” doesn’t apply here either. According to timeanddate.com, fall lasts from the Autumn Equinox (September 22) to the Winter Solstice (December 21). Calling Christmas a season means that no holiday music should be played until December 21. I don’t think it should go that far, but definitely it shouldn’t start before Thanksgiving.

Once holiday music kicks in, that means the year is coming to an end and you better start working on putting on some weight or getting disorganized so you can set a new years resolution to “improve yourself”. No one really wants the year to end (unless it’s 2020, that was a train wreck), and holiday music tricks you into thinking the year is not actually over, then hits you like a bus when you realize you only have six days left before the new year starts.

In the end, you can listen to holiday music whenever you want, but according to actual statistics and my personal bias, holiday music should not be played before Thanksgiving in order to maintain everyone’s sanity.