Why are we in such a rush? I am not even talking about the day to day hum that surrounds most of our lives while we scurry back and forth to work from the burbs. I am talking about the constant push from holiday to holiday by retailers. Hell sometimes they just jump over holidays all together.
I was in the grocery store this evening and the it was decked out in full on fall regalia. Even though it was in the low 80’s today the entrance was flanked by straw bales with ghost “scarecrows” piercing them. Halloween is a distant 1.5 – 2 months away and yet it’s already being crammed down out throat. I was really taken back when I walked through the door to see a Christmas inflatable decoration in the “lobby”. I am not sure if this was a mistake or a trial run, but if it was neither I cry fowl. Halloween I understand it’s the next holiday in line. Thanksgiving also understandable, but still, in my opinion, a bit premature. Christmas decorations in September… well that just a whole different level of jumping the gun in my book.
So to all you Martha Stewart wannabes and masters of the outdoor decorations I ask you not to jump the gun. Despite my previous post Summer hasn’t given up the ghost yet. Wait a few more weeks before filling your lawn with bails of hay and inflatable ghosts. Maybe give it a month before you cover your windows in fake spiderwebs. At least give me till October.
And Christmas? I dunno how it works now, but when I was a kid my mom didn’t want to know anything about Christmas till Thanksgiving and I think that’s still a good rule of thumb. Of course it’s nice to have a list ready for Black Friday shopping. Feel free to plan out your lists, but lets agree not to talk about Christmas until Black Friday… ok? It’ll be like Fight Club and we all know the first rule of Fight Club….
Slow down… take a breath… there is no need to rush from New Years to New Years. Sit back and enjoy the moments that make up the year. Heck if things keep going they way they are going I will be spending 4th of July weekend Christmas shopping in 5-6 years.
– Jeremy
