I love Christmas. However, I think that all this early Christmas themed consumerism should be avoided like the plague. This is usually the type of rhetoric spouted by a true Grinch, but that is barking up the wrong tree. I really do like Christmas (and How the Grinch Stole Christmas). Once on a retreat in college we were asked to list something unique about ourselves. I could not come up with anything I wanted to share fast enough so the girl who lived across the hall from me in the dorms said, “She has two Christmas trees.” Granted they were small, fake trees, but space is at a premium in dorm rooms.
I was at Starbucks over the weekend and not only were holiday themed drinks and cups in evidence, but Christmas songs snuck their way randomly into the music. Unlike Starbucks, I am biding my time before I release the Christmas tunes. I am making due with Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Night Castle until I can legitimately play their Christmas albums. The drive home for
Thanksgiving from wherever I am is always the start of my Christmas music frenzy. I am very excited this year because I recently got a newer pickup and now can listen to CDs instead of tapes. Of course I have to take the bitter with the sweet and I do not have most of the good, old-fashioned tunes on CD.
Decorating, in my opinion, needs to wait until the start of Advent, or the weekend following Thanksgiving at the earliest. While I must grit my teeth and bear it, I feel that early celebration of the holiday cheapens it and its true meaning. If stores were truly celebrating the true spirit of the holiday instead of trying to hop on the gravy train of consumerism, I would probably face the situation with better grace. Currently all my decorations are where they belong, in the closet.
I was at Starbucks over the weekend and not only were holiday themed drinks and cups in evidence, but Christmas songs snuck their way randomly into the music. Unlike Starbucks, I am biding my time before I release the Christmas tunes. I am making due with Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Night Castle until I can legitimately play their Christmas albums. The drive home for
Thanksgiving from wherever I am is always the start of my Christmas music frenzy. I am very excited this year because I recently got a newer pickup and now can listen to CDs instead of tapes. Of course I have to take the bitter with the sweet and I do not have most of the good, old-fashioned tunes on CD.Decorating, in my opinion, needs to wait until the start of Advent, or the weekend following Thanksgiving at the earliest. While I must grit my teeth and bear it, I feel that early celebration of the holiday cheapens it and its true meaning. If stores were truly celebrating the true spirit of the holiday instead of trying to hop on the gravy train of consumerism, I would probably face the situation with better grace. Currently all my decorations are where they belong, in the closet.
I am waiting, impatiently, but still waiting. However, come November 27, I plan to go bananas. The only thing I will not try to force into waiting is my Christmas cactus. After almost three years of looking like it was going to die, I do not mind if it celebrates early.
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