dunnes have started their Christmas music

dolphin city

was up there today to get some bits and pieces and the christmas music playing now - must have started it on November 1. :P

r3nu4l

Excellent stuff My Christmas playlist has been on the go for a while now, can't wait to start hearing the songs in the shops!

magentas

yep once halloween is over they start banging out the Christmas music on 1st Nov.
I love the cheerful christmas music in shops not so much hymns

Posy

Yippee! I was in Dunnes last week and seen their Christmas department was open. Had much fun checking out decorations, trees, lights etc. Yay for Christmas!!

leahyl

Yay! SO happy! Oh and also anyone who has Sky Digital look at channel 372! BLISS:D

dolphin city

whats on it??

magentas

so excited seeing the shops putting out their christmas stock!!

magentas

leahyl wrote: »

Yay! SO happy! Oh and also anyone who has Sky Digital look at channel 372! BLISS:D

why what's on it???

leahyl

magentas wrote: »

what's on it???

Please see new thread i have created regarding this

dolphin city

what's on it?????

wicklowdub

Tesco in Greystones were putting up Christmas decorations up on Sunday (Halloween).

dolphin city

its the christmas music videos (and not a child in the house washed).

leahyl

dolphin city wrote: »

its the christmas music videos

YES! You got it!:D

elvis jones

HomeBase in Portlaosie had all their christmas gear out and for sale on Saturday last.

Myyra

B&Q also had all their christmas stuff out yesterday, pink trees and everything

lord lucan

magentas wrote: »

yep once halloween is over they start banging out the Christmas music on 1st Nov.
I love the cheerful christmas music in shops not so much hymns

No fun when you're working there though. I used to work in Superquinn and 2 years ago they started the xmas music 10 weeks before,it was hell! I've since vowed to mute the tv everytime Slade comes on. 9 hours every day listening to it would drive you around the bend,even those who love xmas.

elvis jones

Can i just state firstly that i am not with Lord Lucan. I am currently at a swingers club with JFK and Pope John Paul II.

I worked in the Christmas section in Penneys O'Connell st in 1996 and we had 1 CD for 10 weeks on repeat:o

lord lucan

elvis jones wrote: »

I worked in the Christmas section in Penneys O'Connell st in 1996 and we had 1 CD for 10 weeks on repeat:o

OUCH!!:eek::eek:

It's great as a customer for the few minutes you're in the store but a day of it for 5 days every week is too much when you're working there.

Tell Marilyn to get herself over here pronto!;)

magentas

lord lucan wrote: »

No fun when you're working there though. I used to work in Superquinn and 2 years ago they started the xmas music 10 weeks before,it was hell! I've since vowed to mute the tv everytime Slade comes on. 9 hours every day listening to it would drive you around the bend,even those who love xmas.

I disagree! I've worked in retail for years and I love the music, especially the last couple years when I worked in small shops and I was the manager so I got to choose the music!
It put me in a great mood and I got hardly any grumpy customers!

then again, I'm just a complete Christmas freak!!!:D

star-pants

Yeah I never minded the Christmas CDs in work, when I worked in Homebase we listened to the same crap every day, one day someone snuck in a Robbie Williams CD and I was singing away, a customer commented on how happy I was , I just said 'first time in 4months they've changed the CD!! ' haha
But the Christmas ones never bothered me

lord lucan

magentas wrote: »

I disagree! I've worked in retail for years and I love the music, especially the last couple years when I worked in small shops and I was the manager so I got to choose the music!
It put me in a great mood and I got hardly any grumpy customers!

then again, I'm just a complete Christmas fruitcake!!!:D

FYP.:D

iPlop

dolphin city wrote: »

was up there today to get some bits and pieces and the christmas music playing now - must have started it on November 1. :P

Yep! I was in there yesterday and Mariah Carey was giving it socks "All I want for christmas is YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"
Ha ha giddy up! :pac: I love christmas!!

Princess Peach

I love Christmas but this is just awful!

I work in a shop and I am dreading the day when they put that terrible Christmas CD on that plays on a loop several times a day for about a month.

You think its great being in Dunnes for say a half an hour, but think of the workers. They will be driven insane!

dolphin city

shame on you my first after school job was in Penny's (in the last century) and the christmas music was the only thing that brought me into work every day. it was on 24/7 and I LOVED IT.

CrazyChick18

Working in Dunnes!!! HELP ME!!

I love christmas:) but it just feels way to early for them
I think im actually going to go insane by the time the christmas
feeling really starts kicking in!!

markievicz

I was just in dunnes literally ten minutes ago and heard a wee jingly music....I knew it was Christmas music so turned to the nearest person grabbed their arm and said "please tell me this isn't Christmas music"

It was and I actually could've killed someone...I've been waiting for it to start at my oen workplace (Heatons) which is usually ridiculously early but no Dunnes took the biscuit! I'm never going shopping again lol Working in retail ruins Christmas

Milly33

Kearys Car Dealers Cork put their Christmas Tree up today.

lord lucan

markievicz wrote: »

Working in retail ruins Christmas

Sad but very true.:(

Milly33

Used to work in Smyths uff years ago and I thought the buzz was great working around Christmas (except for some cranky parents) felt great helping people to get the pressies together. Only thing I didnt get is why parents brought there kids santa shopping

markievicz

Milly33 wrote: »

I didnt get is why parents brought there kids santa shopping

This baffles me every year!Parents buying presents and asking you at the till to wrap them in loads of bags etc etc and put it behind the counter so the kids can't see. I always feel like I'm part of some low key mission to hide the presents from the kids

Konata

I always remember doing the shopping in Dunnes with my Mum and hearing Christmas songs when I was a kid - nowhere else, just always Dunnes :P One of those weird little childhood memories

magentas

markievicz wrote: »

This baffles me every year!Parents buying presents and asking you at the till to wrap them in loads of bags etc etc and put it behind the counter so the kids can't see. I always feel like I'm part of some low key mission to hide the presents from the kids

People may not be able to get someone to mind kids I suppose but they make life so much harder on themselves by bringing the kids with them and it's frustrating trying to hide the gifts, wrap them and let the parents pay without the child noticing, especially when shop is busy and there's other anxious customers waiting...

Posy

magentas wrote: »

I disagree! I've worked in retail for years and I love the music, especially the last couple years when I worked in small shops and I was the manager so I got to choose the music!
It put me in a great mood and I got hardly any grumpy customers!

then again, I'm just a complete Christmas freak!!!:D

I play either Christmas FM or my mp3 Christmas songs selection constantly at work, to make up for our lack of musak!