I remember this one scene from It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown is going around door to door early trying to sell Christmas wreaths. He’s met with incredulousness, “It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!”
I walked into Fred Meyer to buy a pair of black shoelaces for my Dr. Martens when something hideous in red, green, and lights caught my eye: snowmen, and Santas, and blinking sleighs with reindeer. Fantastically tacky trinkets starting the holiday lust already.
I thought about the disbelief Charlie Brown was met with when he tried to sell something as innocent and traditional as a wreath. But it isn’t even Halloween yet.
Are we so ahead of ourselves? I’m putting up with all the trashy Halloween decorations. Larger-than-life talking and swiveling hunchbacks to greet trick-or-treaters at your doorstep. A billowing ghost to put in your front yard that pops out of a blow-up pumpkin at predetermined intervals to advertise Hershey’s candy. Yes they’re ridiculous. Unnecessary and excessive, yes. But they still make me smile for some reason. They’re cute. Halloween is by nature tacky and made for pure sweet gluttony.
I will forgive the holiday rush the day after Thanksgiving, but not a moment before. Live in the moment, people. Concentrate on the upcoming holiday, not the one that comes after it or you’ll lose all the fun. And if you buy one damn Christmas light even a second before Thanksgiving is over, I hope it doesn’t meet fire code and burns your house down.
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