I'm lying in bed in my townhouse-- and my next door neighbors are playing "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer" so loud that I can hear it through my wall. (They're great people, really-- but they've got to be stone deaf.)
Isn't there some rule about playing Christmas songs before Thanksgiving has happened? You know, like no white shoes before Easter? ;)
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. After all, the department stores practically do everthing they can to blur the October-December time frame into a monolithic consumer orgy: HalloGivinMas.