Christmas before Thanksgiving

I confess...I love Christmas music and Christmas movies. However, the latest commercialization of Christmas has got me baffled. In mid-October stores started putting out Christmas stuff, and we hadn't even had Halloween. Besides it's really hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's still 75-80 degrees outside.

Then to top it off, we set-up the sanctuary at church already with Christmas...seems kind of early since we haven't even had Thanksgiving but it was the best day to do it (yesterday before the evening service) since this coming Sunday we start colors of Christmas. Just strange. I have to admit though, it was fun to hear Bing Crosby belting out "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas" while we were decorating. I just wish it would get cold. Maybe soon...

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Ann said…
Well, I know absolutely nothing about blogging, but I share your comments about Christmas before Thanksgiving. I know that when I was younger, I started listening to Christmas music in November after Thanksgiving and had such fun planning and doing Christmas with my kids. I was more organized at that time than any other time in the year, mainly because I wanted to enjoy all the things that I only did once a year. The commercialization of Christmas can cause one to be depressed, but if we celebrate the Man whose wonderful birth gave us the reason to rejoice in December, we can ignore all the inane trappings of a commercialized Christmas!
November 19, 2007 at 1:00 AM
Confessing Lunatic said…
Since I was one of your kids I truly appreciated all the special things we did at Christmas time. I only wish I had more time to do that with my own!
November 20, 2007 at 1:00 PM
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