While I am certainly NO SCROOGE, I do wish people would hold on and let us have our THANKFUL season before we start focusing on the "GIMME" season. Now, of course, most people simply want to jump ahead due to the pretty lights, fun decorations, and of course, Bing Crosby, NSYNC, and the others who make our drive into work and workdays supersweet with their melodious Christmas tunes. (And, I, for one, cannot WAIT to sing, "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas"! Love that little jingle!)
::Side note: My wonderful old college roommate, Kala, used to begin Christmas music every October!::
But really people, pretty soon, I fear that we are going to all-together skip Thanksgiving and celebrate Christmas for two months. I mean, what if the govt and our employers decide to skip the Thanksgiving 4-day weekend since no one seems excited anymore?!? I mean, if THAT'S not an incentive, I don't know what is!
So while many of you are visiting the attic for the old tree and lights and getting your Christmas singing on, I've got a turkey & dressing and all things pumpkin to look forward to... and then I will celebrate the Yuletide season. (I mean, hey, I have two holidays, still!)
Oh my gosh I LOVE the hippo song at Christmas too! And I agree, let's keep Autumn a time of Thanksgiving! Hope yours was happy!
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