All I Want for Christmas Contest 2023! (7 Viewers)

[Bleu Raeder]

MariahGeddon* 2023!

• The objective of the game is to go as long as possible without hearing Mariah's Christmas classic, "All I Want for Christmas is You".
• The game starts on December 1st at 6 AM and runs through midnight on December 24th.
• Only the original version applies. You may enjoy remixes and covers.
• We are using the honor system: you're out as soon as you hear and recognize the song. Post here to indicate when you're out.

@livefromDC
@Arathrael
@nolaspe
@SamAndreas (provisional)

...will get a one-week bye for the 2023 contest. Everyone else will start on the 1st of December at 6 AM, this group will start at 6 pm on December 8th. Congrats! (Any repeat winners from this group will be excluded in 2024. As contest director, I am excluding myself from the contest. There were no repeat winners from 2022.)

@SamAndreas is being allowed a provisional entry to this year's contest. We don't want to exclude anyone because they live in the boonies, but we also are aware that self-enforced remoteness deserves attention from the rules committee (made up of the previous year's winners and the CD).

Everyone who decides to take the plunge must declare entry between December 1st and December 4th by posting that declaration in this thread.

Upping The Ante 2023
It has been suggested that we add some difficulty to the game or make a different game of....

Wham!A!Geddon

Same rules as MariahGeddon, but the song is Last Christmas by Wham! Not sure if we should double-up or parallel with players having to declare for each game. What say you?

* Yes, I know the image misspells the name of the antagonist. Grammar nazis need not apply.

 

[RaginCajun83]

I know I won’t win but I’m in

 

[SWJJ]

Write me in for an early Entry.

This year I'm NEVER gonna hear it!

It'll be the BEST Christmas ever!

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i think i'm going with inoculation method - i'm going to make my students play it on repeat and i'll sing and dance along to really turn them off of the song and make them avoid it for the next month
not sure if i can fit in her outfit, but that's why we have a costume class

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Count me in. However I need a rules reminder.

If I am unfortunate enough to hear a snippet of it in a TV commercial or show, does that eliminate me? Or, do the rules only apply to store Muzak systems or other audio sources playing the full version?

 

[Yatman]

all i want for Christmas is to avoid additional stress, e.g. having to duck a hugely popular Christmas song

per my rights, i'm declaring shenanigans

ho ho ho

 

[SaintRob]

Good thing the contest starts tomorrow or I'd already be out.

 

[RaginCajun83]

Good thing the contest starts tomorrow or I'd already be out.

Oh I doubt I last past a week, I work retail and the wife started playing Christmas songs the week of Thanksgiving

 

[Bleu Raeder]

Count me in. However I need a rules reminder.

If I am unfortunate enough to hear a snippet of it in a TV commercial or show, does that eliminate me? Or, do the rules only apply to store Muzak systems or other audio sources playing the full version?

A snippet in a commercial would be OK, but hearing it in a TV show would count you out because the expectation is that the TV show would play enough of the song to be the full version. If you hear something that you're not sure of, ask for a ruling privately and provide a link to what you heard.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

Making this sticky in 3...2...1...

 

[Taurus]

I'm in. Though not as remote as Sam, I am rather a hermit in the boondocks.

 

[UK SAINTS]

I'm in, but hope to be the earliest exit, as I love her Christmas album.

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

I’m in! How will you know I was listening to the song? Someone posts it on the EE board we all lose.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

not sure about my strategy - one of my classes has already played it 3x and we're only half done

 

[Bleu Raeder]

I’m in! How will you know I was listening to the song? Someone posts it on the EE board we all lose.

If someone tries to derail you by posting it here there is one thing you can do - make sure you have autoplay turned off.