Is Christmas Coming Early?

It is November now and all the Halloween decorations are gone. The candy is eaten, the fake skeleton has been shoved back into the closet and the toilet paper has been cleaned from the trees. Now should be the time for simple fall decorations and preparing for thanksgiving right? Apparently, some people don’t think so. A lot of people are already preparing for Christmas.

You walk through the stores now and all you see are Christmas trees, blow-up Santas, and snowmen. I understand that the Christmas season is the best time of the year but we aren’t even half way through November. I feel it is too early to be pulling out the Christmas lights. Thanksgiving is the next holiday and so many people are just skipping right over and freaking out about Christmas. We are supposed to be remembering to be thankful for our friends, our family, and our country. We are too busy getting hyped up about black Friday sales, presents, and singing Christmas carols though. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas. It has always been my favorite holiday and I love to feel the Christmas spirit. But we are starting way too early.

A lot of the causes for such early Santa jitters are because of stores and marketing. It is getting close to the most popular and profitable time of year and management is trying to get as much as they can, as fast as they can. Black Friday sales used to be on the Friday after thanksgiving. Now there are sales on thanks giving itself and even the weekend before. It is getting to be absolutely crazy. We should all be spending time with our families for the holiday but many people have to leave theirs so they can come sell you a toaster on sale. Does that seem fair? Everyone should get a break for the holiday, that’s why Black Friday is on FRIDAY. But the sales industry has become greedy and moves their sales up to get as much profit as they can.

Basically what I am trying to say here is we need to calm down about Christmas. It is the best holiday season of the year but it needs to wait its turn. I know everyone is excited, trust me I am too, but its only November, we have time. Either way let’s all get ready for the holiday season. J