Holiday Hypocrite
I’ve been bah humbugging the Christmas creep for the past few weeks. Two radio stations in the ‘Lou have … exasperatingly … been playing holiday music non-stop since the day after Halloween. The Salvation Army was already ringing the bell at my local grocery store last weekend. And I can even remember how long I’ve been spying Christmas stuff in department and big box stores … it certainly feels like it started in July, and I sigh every time I spot it.
So … I have to admit I’m a bit of a hypocrite. I just brought some Christmas things upstairs and plan to start decorating tomorrow.
Honestly, I haven’t gotten my fill of my pretty fall things, but I’m going to be out of town for the better part of the next two weekends. From past experience, if I don’t get a jump on holiday prep over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I tend to feel like I’ll never get all the shopping, card making, cookie baking, wrapping and decorating done by Christmas.
I adore the days between Thanksgiving and January 2 … spending time with friends and family, appreciating the true meaning of Christmas, celebrating a fresh new year. Getting things done this weekend will allow me to enjoy it, rather than fret about cramming everything in. But I will be considerate … saving the tree, which goes in the front window, and the outside decs until later so I don’t force my personal Christmas creep on others. And I definitely will not bust out the holiday music until post-Thanksgiving … unless I happen to run across my Elvis Christmas CD while unpacking. It’s been my favorite since I was a kid and I may not be able to resist … hypocrite or not!