i'm torn. on one hand, i LOVE christmastime. it's my faaaavorite season, and i firmly believe it should last from the day after thanksgiving till new years eve. i love that church is more festive, people focus on what they can do for others, there is just music everywhere, and there are little white christmas lights in the trees downtown, there's SNOW! it's cold so you can wear scarves and gloves and your black pea coat and sweaters. it's just fantastic*
now, i went to the grocery store tonight, and there are already christmas trees there. um. excuse me. it's october 22. not even halloween yet! in fact at this grocery store the kids were running around in their costumes because it was halloween night. so, how come we can't just enjoy halloween, and then enjoy thanksgiving, and THEN enjoy christmas? why does christmas surpass the other two? sigh. is it because you don't get presents for halloween and thanksgiving? i mean, really christmas isn't about the presents anyway, but try telling mainstream america that. oh well. i guess i'll just have to enjoy the extra weeks of fake christmas tress. oooh if it means starbucks has the 'peppermint mocha' early i'm all for it ;O)
*yes. i realize not everyone agrees with me, and that for some people, like natrizzle, christmas isn't exactly your holiday, but work with me here people
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It's because you have to buy things for Christmas and the retail stores are ready to collect as soon as possible!
but it's not about the buying!!!
were you here when alison said that christmas should be like thanksgiving, always on like the third thursday of december. cause you know, the actual date doesn't mean anything. sigh.
I personally like Channukkah.
There's nothing like the smell of latkes or the sight of dreidels.
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