The Countdown

Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, the countdown has begun.

You know, the countdown?

The one just about every single parent in the world knows about...the countdown to Christmas. And if you have over eager children like mine, the countdown started before Thanksgiving. It kinda starts somewhere in August. Funny thing. There's never a countdown to the first day of school. Wonder why?

Yes, the countdown starts earlier every year, or so it seems. It's getting downright ridiculous. Christmas decorations sit along side the halloween stuff. Thanksgiving is just a day to eat turkey, and many times, just a prequel to the now infamous Black Friday. I look for all these holidays to eventually be one huge conglomerate...something like Laborhallowgivingmas. After all, everything is "Holiday Season." Now, I won't fight you over Labor Day or Halloween, but I want Thanksgiving and Christmas to stand on their own!

Suppose we go to conglomerate holidays...let's see...aside from Laborhallowgivingmas that would give us Newvalenspatrick and Eastmemorialpendence. Can you imagine the greeting cards?? Comglomerates just don't have an appealing ring to their names. Hmmmm....

I know. Let's just keep all the holidays separate. Let's enjoy each one for their own worth. Let's stop bypassing Thanksgiving as a time of thankfulness. It's terrible when shopping has become the Thanksgiving Day icon.

I want to enjoy all of this, not roll it into one big event.

So, I'm gonna slow it down a bit. It will be here before you know it. Then it will be too late to relish all the joys that come with Christmas.

Carpe Diem!