Nut­shell: How Soon Is Too Soon for Christ­mas Mu­sic?

MISHAWAKA — Time for an­other nut­shell, pi­lots! This week: When is it ac­cept­able to play Christ­mas mu­sic – be­fore Thanks­giv­ing or af­ter? 

 “I think it’s ac­cept­able to play Christ­mas mu­sic af­ter Thanks­giv­ing, but not be­fore,” said Suzie Mi­ley, a se­nior Eng­lish and phi­los­o­phy ma­jor. 

“I play Christ­mas mu­sic be­fore Thanks­giv­ing all the time,” said Danny Erke­lens, a fresh­man crim­i­nal jus­tice ma­jor. “There aren’t any Thanks­giv­ing songs, any­way.” 

“I def­i­nitely think it is ac­cept­able to play be­fore Thanks­giv­ing,” said Skyler French, a sopho­more Chris­t­ian min­istries ma­jor. 

“Not un­til af­ter Thanks­giv­ing meal be­cause that means #jus­tice­forthanks­giv­ing,” said Abi­gail Erke­lens, a se­nior busi­ness ad­min­is­tra­tion ma­jor. 

“There’s no ques­tion: ab­solutely be­fore,” said Ri­ley Babler, a math ed­u­ca­tion ma­jor. “Thanks­giv­ing is Christ­mas-Prepa­ra­tion-Day.” 

“I’m not one for Christ­mas mu­sic, so I could­n’t care less,” said Grace Liv­ingston, a fresh­man sci­ence ed­u­ca­tion chem­istry ma­jor. 

“I do not like it when peo­ple play Christ­mas mu­sic be­fore Thanks­giv­ing,” said Kaene Haughee, a sopho­more so­cial stud­ies ed­u­ca­tion ma­jor. 

“I pre­fer Christ­mas mu­sic af­ter Thanks­giv­ing,” said Pat White­head, a fresh­man Chris­t­ian min­istries ma­jor. 

“I play Christ­mas mu­sic year-round,” said Lawrence An­dres, a bio­chem­istry fresh­man. “I em­body Christ­mas spirit!”