One week before Thanksgiving I heard Christmas music on the radio. Each year the Christmas celebration season seems to come earlier and earlier. Is Thanksgiving becoming a non-existent holiday? How can anyone get excited about Christmas when the material price tag of this holiday is not only getting bigger, but becoming a longer season. What happened to the big shopping day after Thanksgiving marking the start of the big holiday? That’s what much of Christmas has become, getting up at ridiculous hours to spend more money than we want even though we think we’re getting a spectacular deal and then standing in horrendously long lines just to get home and wonder why we do this every year.
I can’t help but wonder if in the next couple years, the Christmas celebration will begin the day after Halloween. Or, how about “Christmas in July” really becomes the start of the holiday season? We could leave our Christmas lights up year round and enjoy them during our summer evening barbecues. That would boost our economy all year long, not to mention our PUD bills.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s less stressful, less pressure and has no expectations of gift-giving to drain your pocketbooks. It’s about family, celebrating the season and eating that traditional turkey dinner you’ve waited all year for. And most important, it’s about taking a look at what you have and giving thanks for the simple things. I think we should prepare for and enjoy each individual holiday as it comes, at least that’s what I plan to do.
Rachel M. Nyegaard
Marysville
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