I guess it is officially Christmas Season . . . at least, according to Costco who had their Christmas gifts, wrap, and such on display today. It sure takes away from the feast day/holiday having this for sale so early in the year.
I'm old-fashioned and can remember when Halloween was in October and we would get excited about all the orange and black, think about costumes and about two weeks before the day, see all the candy set out for sale. It was just enough time to work up a thrill over the anticipated event.
These days, the red and green clashes with the Fall colors and your children are just as likely to get a candy cane in their trick or treat bag as black jelly beans. I'd hate to be a kid these days. I loved the progress of the Fall/Winter holidays and the time we had to relish each one.
I'm thinking . . . we should pick out one weekend for the whole world and on that weekend, we'd celebrate ALL the holidays. We could start the morning with an Easter Egg hunt, followed by Christmas stockings, trick or treat in the evening with Midnight Mass that night. For people of other Faiths, a sunrise service could start the next early morning, with a Thanksgiving noon meal with all the expected trimmings. We could have egg nog and Christmas presents in the evening just before we set off the Fourth of July fireworks and enjoy some barbecued hot dogs and lemonaide.
Yes, it would be a lot of work but then the stores could stock all this stuff for eleven and a half months out of every year!
Yes, I'm being sarcastic and joking . . . but could you imagine? Unfortunately, it is all too easy to see happening. Don't tell anyone I told you this! : - )
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