Open letter to radio stations in my listening area who have taken it upon themselves to play nothing but Christmas music all day until Christmas...

Dear radio station people,

It's hard, isn't it? Trying to fill all this time with Christmas music? Yeah... you kind of painted yourself into a corner with that one, eh?

Here's the thing: There isn't that much good Christmas music out there. Wait, wait... I know what you're thinking: "But what about Please Come Home for Christmas"?. Well, I don't consider Bon Jovi as a provider of holiday music. Seriously. And nope, not Brandi, either. And for god's sake, not Chrissy Hynde! Her version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was recorded as a joke, you know. A joke! ... wasn't it? I mean, surely they never intended to actually release that. It was recorded during a 4-day holiday bender, resulting in a bunch of hammered rockers stumbling into the studio wearing Santa hats and... Wasn't it?

Anyway...

I'm thinking your listeners won't mind a bit if you stick to the classics... the real classics, and then fill the rest of the time with regular music. You know, a little Nat King Cole here, some Bing Crosby there. We'll even tolerate the Carpenters, if we must. But only because she's dead.

Okay? Thanks!

Berry