All the Signs are There

Hello my dear friends.  Halloween was just over a week ago. Thanksgiving is a little over two weeks away. Why then, we must ask ourselves, are there Christmas decorations everywhere? There's Christmas music on the radio (one sad and very desperate little station), the department stores are wall to wall Christmas! Don't get me wrong, nobody loves Christmas more than I! *Just a note for those of you who are new to my blog. We celebrate Christmas. We wish people a Merry Christmas. We don't do "Happy Holidays" here. We have nothing but respect for other religions, beliefs and celebrations but we don't observe them. We observe Christmas here. Nativity scene and all! With that said, it's a little early for the festivities to begin. If we keep moving the beginning of the season earlier and earlier we're going to have to put our pumpkins in evergreen trees!  Can we please get through Thanksgiving before we start decorating for Christmas? While I'm at it, when we decorate for Christmas, more is not necessarily better. When airplanes have to detour around your house for safety reasons, you've probably over done it.  I'm just saying! The Griswold's were a fictitious family. There is no reward for emulating them. So, let's tone it down a bit folks. Also (and finally) if your neighbor pulls their Prius into the driveway of a home lined with 50 thousand lights and a dozen 8 foot inflatables, please do not hesitate to point out the hypocrisy of it all!  Thank You!
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