Ok. If it is not bad enough that retail establishments want to start the Christmas season earlier and earlier each year, now individual households and even some churches are confused about the seasons.
The streets leading to my house are inhabited by people who decorate the hell out of their yards for any occasion. Bunnies adorn the lawns in the spring. Inflatable monsters, skeletons, witches, scarecrows, bales of hay, mums, etc. appear as early as September. On November 1, the hay, scarecrows and mums stay, but the other decorations are replaced with giant turkeys. This past weekend the turkeys and scarecrows were joined by Santas and Christmas lights and trees. Why not just put up the New Year's Baby, hearts, leprechauns, bunnies, eggs, flags, witches, ghosts, scarecrows, turkeys, Aubie or Big Al, Santas and lights all together and leave them up all year?
(Tanya, if you are reading this - my complaint of rushing the season is not the same as friends who still have their tree up in July because they could not bear to take it down.)
And if our speedy secular season was not irritating enough, there are those who are confused about the Christian year. It is not Christmas yet. It is not even Advent yet.
I saw a news story about a store in some other state that has made a point to delay Christmas until after Thanksgiving. They have signs like "Let's talk turkey, then we can talk Christmas" and "Santa was not on the Mayflower."
So, let's take time to be thankful. Let's take time to prepare. Don't rush the year. Don't rush life.
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2 comments:
Amen - I can't stand seeing all these Christmas decorations up. I feel like we totaly skip Thanksgiving now. No time to reflect and be thankful of the "harvest" that God has given this year - I for one will pause and give thanks.
Of course, keeping the decorationhs up AFTER Christmas doesn't count. :>)
Tanya
yes, it's pretty bad when you go to buy Halloween costumes and you hear Christmas music playing in the store.
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