There must be something horribly wrong with me, but it does not bother me one bit when stores begin stocking for Christmas well before the Halloween candy even goes on clearance. In fact, I really don’t see why it bothers anyone. I think Christmas decorations are beautiful and just the idea of the Christmas season approaching can make even the worst day seem a little brighter. It seems that we’re always going to find something to complain about when it comes to Christmas so here are the reasons I say go ahead and deck the halls whenever you feel like it!
First of all, Christmas tends to get top billing on most people’s list of favorite holidays. Some will say they like 4th of July or Easter better, but I suspect they secretly just don’t want to be a foregone conclusion and are trying to be unique. Personally, I like New Years, but that would be second to Christmas. Nothing during the year smells, feels, looks, sparkles, twinkles, or sounds like Christmas. On the scale of holiday favoritism, Christmas gets its own category and the rest of the holidays tend to fall in line after that.
Also, the very fact that it is the most commercialized holiday (with Mothers’ Day pulling out a close second), just proves how much people love it. And it seems the more attention we draw to its commercialization, the more commercialized it becomes. Quite frankly, if it were to become completely un-commercialized, I am almost sure it would cease to get the attention it deserves. No matter how much I spend or save on Christmas, there are just certain things that put me in the holiday spirit and they include certain groceries (there has to be fudge and egg nog), certain decorations (of course we pull out our old favorites, but we almost always have to replace a string of lights or two), wrapping paper, ribbons, gift tags, and tape—you can’t forget the tape! Trying to get upset because stores put out the Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving is a little like getting upset that they start putting out school supplies while it’s still summer. This is not a travesty, America!
Finally, they wouldn’t put it out if nobody was buying it. Somebody out there wants to get a head start on Christmas and who can blame them? Depending on the kind of pressure they put on themselves, it can be a lot of work. They need to get started as soon as possible and it just may mean that yes, they start shopping before Thanksgiving or even—gulp—before Halloween. So what? I love Thanksgiving too, but I really don’t think it gets slighted one bit by being lumped into the wonderful celebration of Christmas. After all, what is the best part of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The end.
When Santa can finally make his first appearance.
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