How soon is TOO soon to play holiday music? A FTW debate as Mariah Carey declares ‘it’s time’

Is it already time to play holiday music, like Mariah Carey says? We debated it.

It’s Nov. 1 as of publishing this. We’re all just getting over Halloween, whether it was a party or walking around for hours with our kids trick-or-treating. Thanksgiving is in the near distance, which means we’ve got menus to start planning 

And here’s Mariah Carey, with her annual declaration that “IT’S TIME” to start playing holiday music (and yeah, this her way of reminding you to play her classic, All I Want For Christmas is You).

We here at For The Win started debating this immediately: When is the right time to play holiday music? We were very divided, as you can tell: