. . . it only took one hour . . .

. . . i switched on the radio 

at 9:47am today . . .

. . . what the heck? i thought . . .

. . . i wonder if they've started yet? . . .

. . . 99.9 kez . . .

. . . sure enough . . .

. . . continuous christmas music . . .

. . . today might have been 

the first day of the season . . .

. . . i chuckled to myself 

when at 10:02am,

{and yes, i really did jot down the exact time} 

john lennon creepily whispered 

"happy christmas yoko" . . .

. . . it's been a year 

since i griped about this,

{my christmas music pros and cons}

and nothing's changed . . .

. . . i was liberally 

applying undereye concealer, 

when at 10:15am,  

i heard the stirring lyrics 

of the ever perky paul mccartney 

again and again ~ 

"simply having 

a wonderful christmas time" 

ditto ditto ditto . . .

. . . at 11:04am, 

i switched off the hair dryer 

and those darn kids were chanting 

"on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night,

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night, 

on this night, on this night, on this very christmas night" . . .

. . . bad things really do 

come in threes . . .

. . . these are three out of four of my 

very least favorite christmas songs 

in one hour . . .

. . . the very first hour 

of the season . . .

. . . it's going to be 

a long thirty-nine days . . . 

. . . on second thought . . . 

. . . pandora ~ here i come! . . .