Some people are fans of Christmas music, but not when it shows up particularly early in the holiday season.

Ariana Wyatt, a professor of voice and associate dean for outreach and engagement for the College for Architecture, Arts and Design at Virginia Tech, loves Christmas music, but she’s not a fan of the increasingly early arrival of the sounds of the season, like the day after Halloween.

Wyatt said that’s a little too soon for her, but, “That seems to be where we’re at as a culture.”

The themes of the earliest Christmas music — the hymns and carols that celebrate the birth of Christ — continue to influence modern holiday music, Wyatt said.

“When it starts to get cold, we’re seeking comfort, light, joy, togetherness. And those things are all found in Christmas music,” she said. “

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