I hope everyone had a wonderful and candy-filled Halloween. I stumbled upon a tidbit of information yesterday and I’ve decided to share it with all of you out there, who don’t like to keep on the up-and-up with current events. Are you ready for it?
Christmas now begins on November 1. Yes folks, according to Target and a majority of other retailers out there, we now begin the Christmas season the day after Halloween. Why? I think it’s safe to say that after years of playing second fiddle to Hanukkah, Catholics and Christians could take it no more. An eight-day festival of lights is pretty impressive, but it just can’t top a 2 month-long festival of savings and consumerism.
Whoa! Hold on there. You’re still thinking of celebrating Thanksgiving? How dare you! With a holiday as important as Christmas, how could you even think about giving thanks for the things you have? After all, the Christmas spirit is about getting things. So, how could you be thankful for them, without knowing what’s under that shiny wrapping paper? I’ll just go ahead and say it, “Thanksgiving is dead“. Sorry to be the barer of bad news, but what’s done is done.
The question on my mind? We all know that Sweetest Day is a Hallmark holiday, but can we now consider Christmas a Walmart holiday? So what are you waiting for folks? Go pick out your tree and string up those lights (unless you didn’t even take them down from last year). Christmas is here and you didn’t even know it!



