I spent an anxious hour at the dentist's office as they blared Christmas carols in order to drown out the sounds of dental drills and patients wailing and weeping; and to my great relief there was no Little Drummer Boy! Phew, that felt close.

I am still in.

#LDBC #LDBChallenge

@VisualStuart is that your least favourite? I think any of them to excess is a problem. So sorry for retail staff who have to listen to them all day. Also sleighs and snow and Santa, just no.
@VisualStuart Australians cope with amazing cognitive dissonance at this time of year. Trees with fake snow, songs about snow, sleigh rides, Santa dressed against freezing weather, and outside it's baking hot 40 degrees C, more than 100 degrees F. Fires, beaches, swimming, a month of school holidays. #summer #christmas #australia

@CaraBruar @VisualStuart

Yeah... not too mention the pretend once or twice a year Christians that ignore the meaning of Christmas preferring to focus on the crass commercialism of a festival stolen from the pagans...

#atheist

@CaraBruar The Little Drummer Boy Challenge is on! And it is a perfectly dreadful song. More details in this earlier post of mine:

https://pdx.social/@VisualStuart/113564277216281984

Stuart Celarier (@VisualStuart@pdx.social)

It is here! The Little Drummer Boy Challenge starts TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT. If you can last from the end of Thanksgiving Day until Christmas Eve Day without hearing Little Drummer Boy then you are a winner! So, are you in? Sound off using the #LDBC hashtag. Give us an update every now and then. Here are the official rules in case you are unclear: https://littledrummerboychallenge.com/ #LDBChallenge

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@VisualStuart ahh, an official challenge! I wouldn't hear it as I never leave the house. BUT I actually like it, I think I have a reggae version that's great to listen to. Time to sort through all those old CDs and hope they still read ok.
@VisualStuart The real challenge for me is not external avoidance but having my memory/mind play the song every time I read the hashtag. 🀨 πŸ₯ πŸŽΆπŸŽ„

@DianaOfPortland Agreed! The rules do clarify that doesn't put you out of the game. If it's too annoying, you can filter out the tag.

In the way of a curative, for me I find the best way to rid myself of to replace it with another earworm. I humbly submit for your consideration Sugar Sugar by The Archie's.
https://youtu.be/9cAbmq1eojA?si=J0vmKBld7gxy6fCi

The Archies- Sugar Sugar (Anos 60)

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