These Christmas music marathons typically start during the week before Thanksgiving Day and end <answer>after Christmas Day</answer>, or sometimes extending to New Year's Day. Afterwards, the stations usually resume their normal music fare. Several stations begin the holiday format much earlier, at the beginning of November. The roots of this tradition can be traced back to the beautiful music and easy listening stations of the 1960s and 1970s.
When is the earlier of the two times that Christmas music on adult contemporary stations typically ends?
after Christmas Day