DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene with something you don't want to hear in early November.</s>ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: (Singing) Here comes Santa Claus. Here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: Apologies, but I do torture you with the best intentions.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: To report on how Christmas music makes you less productive, psychologist Linda Blair said store employees are really at risk.</s>LINDA BLAIR: You simply are spending all your energy trying not to hear what you're hearing.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: I love the music Sky News chose for this story. It's MORNING EDITION.
Psychologist Linda Blair said workers are less productive when stores play Christmas music nonstop. "You're simply spending all your energy trying not to hear what you're hearing," she told Sky News.