But ... according to the stores, you'd never know it. Literally the day after Halloween (or before in my favorite craft store) it's Christmas all of a sudden.
This image has been floating around the web in the last few days. Have you seen it? (according to the date, the picture is a couple years old, but still.)
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It may be a ploy to get customers like me (who agree) to shop there after November 25 this year, but if solely by principle, I love it.
The consumeristic tendencies around Christmas here in America drive me nuts. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas. I really love the season, the songs, the decor, the fuzzy feelings ... I really do. But I also really love autumn, harvest and Thanksgiving.
It's been this way as long as I can remember, but our stores glossing over Thanksgiving to go straight to Christmas really bothers me.
Does it bother you?
Usually it does bother me.
ReplyDeleteThis year... I have to be honest, I am doing anything in my power to rush the seasons along. But that has more to do with the impending birth of our child and less to do with my holiday convictions, or lack thereof. (Deck the halls two months early? Sure! Why not? Christmas shopping in Novemeber... anything to to take my mind off sitting at home waiting for kiddo!)
this, dear Val, is completely understandable. do what you have to do. :-)
ReplyDeleteand soon you'll be enjoying that tiny one!
Thanksgiving is in the beginning of October here. Christmas decorations start coming out after that- part of October, all of November and then right on into December. Good grief.
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