'People are so over hearing it': Bar bans Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas' ahead of holidays
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A Sydney bar has banned Mariah Carey's song 'All I Want For Christmas' ahead of the holidays. Simon Rose-Hopkins, the owner of country and western bar Jolene's, has apparently banned the popular song, along with the Christmas crooner Michael Bublé. The bar will still play several Christmas songs except those from these two singers, Rose-Hopkins informed his clients.
"We are doing Christmas on steroids. We've got lights, reindeers, Christmas trees and Christmas cocktails like a Gingerbread Manhattan and a Pavlova Christmas slushie. We've got a Country Christmas playlist, but we won't be playing Mariah," he told The Daily Telegraph on Monday. Instead, Christmas songs by artists like Lee Kernaghan, Dolly Parton, and Blake Shelton will be played in the bar.
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"It's been met with giggles and admiration," he added. "We get a lot of retail workers coming in after their stores close and say thank you because they are so over hearing the traditional retail Christmas music!" Due to its popularity during the Christmas season, the well-known Mariah holiday song earns $4 million annually.
