Yes, I know this blog is supposed to be all about the things that we should be thankful for in our everyday lives, but not today. Today something has chapped my hide. It's called the "Christmas Creep". Christmas Creep is a merchandizing phenomenon in which merchants and retailers exploit the commercialized status of Christmas by moving up the start of the holiday shopping season. The Christmas season traditionally begins with Advent, sometime between November 27 and December 3 and lasts through Christmastide, which officially starts December 25 and lasts 12 days. That has always been just fine with me. What is NOT fine with me is seeing Christmas trees in stores before Halloween. This is a sign that the commercialization of the holidays has just gone too far. Am I not the only one who is irritated by this? It's not that I don't love Christmas and Christmas shopping. Don't get me wrong. I just know aggressive marketing when I see it. I completely understand that merchants have to make a living, but putting Christmas before Thanksgiving? Does Christmas really need to start before Halloween? In some areas of the country, Christmas decorations and merchandise have been coming out as sson as the "Back to School" deals end. Let us get over one holiday before we get to another, okay? I know that businesses are doing this to make more money in a failing economy, but there has to be a balance. Let's not let the "Christmas Creep" kill Thanksgiving. Let's be thankful instead for each and every holiday of the year, and celebrate each one in its own right.
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