I'm guessing you weren't reared as a kid in the U.S. The ice cream truck coming to our street was the coolest thing when I was a kid.

The music has actually has been mostly banned in NYC.

Just as a humorous aside, in Ye Olden Days, when no one but a prostitute knew the going rate for a condom, the ice cream trucks only rang a bell.

But the tunes bring "attention-getting" to another plane. "Jingle Bells" in July? That's when you know the person who picked the songs needs a bit more instruction in American culture or they work for a large retailer.

Tell that to the ice cream truck that idles with the song playing half a block away for twelve hours every saturday...

Think of the children...