Lowes, WaWa, And CVS Gang Up To Ruin Christmas
It is incumbent upon us to protect the greatest holiday we have in this world because it is currently under attack. Christmas, folks, needs our help.
You're probably thinking to yourself, "Cons it's Halloween, October 31st, and Christmas season isn't for another month so what are you even talking about?" You're correct. Christmas season at the earliest starts the day after Thanksgiving and doesn't get into full swing until the calendar turns to December. Around the second week of December when the Christmas parties start and the "let's circle back on this in the new year" emails start flying is when it cooks into high gear.
Except John Q. Capitalist seems hellbent on ruining our blessed season of joy. In the last week alone, CVS, Wawa, and Lowes have all put up Christmas displays, used Christmas themed cups, and are selling Christmas items. Knock it off! Mary is barely into her third trimester and you're all rushing to make a buck.
You know why Christmas is the best? Because we don't water it down by blaring Mariah in September or putting up our decorations when we are only halfway done with the college football season. It's the same reason the spring football leagues don't work. We want to keep football confined to the fall to maintain it's mystique. If you had donuts every day, you'd eventually wear yourself out on donuts. There's a reason Big Cat only gets them on Saturdays (that we know of. He's probably sneaking some at night). Same with Christmas - we cannot allow ourselves to be worn out.
Don't you dare call me a Grinch either. (attention: my wife)
I am the opposite. I love Christmas with all my heart. The songs, the movies, the decorations, the cookies, the parties, the sweaters, the getting fat, the sitting by the fire, the decorating the tree, the presents, the boozing at noon on a Tuesday, the responsible gambling on Bowl games. All of it, I love it all! Which is why I want to protect it from getting distilled down to an every day occurrence.
Not to mention, we have two great holidays before we get to Christmas so let's not breeze by them. This is my second Halloween as a parent and Halloween becomes fun again when you have kids for sure. The Thanksgiving slander can only be explained by people not doing it right so I don't even know what to tell you. I celebrated Thanksgiving in Iraq one year and despite my meal looking like this, it was still not bad.
Do your part. Wait on Christmas.
In the meantime, listen to the latest ZBT when we discuss this and much more.