I probably seem like the Grinch when I roll my eyes at my friends and their Christmas Decorations already on their doors.
We still have a long ways to go before it should be acceptable to be singing Christmas songs. I mean seriously, I am sitting outside in a t-shirt writing this; it is not winter, or even close. Christmas time is watching the snow fall from the windows by the Christmas tree, not taking a stroll outside in a short sleeve shirt and feeling great. It was just recently starting to feel like Summer was ending at Halloween, so can we at least enjoy a little bit of fall before we are expected to be in full Holiday mode? I'm not a grinch, and I love Christmas just as much as the next person, but some people are starting to really overdo it when it comes to having a show of Christmas lights in their house when it is just early November.
Christmas is my favorite Holiday, don't get me wrong. At the same time, it's not like we started the spooky season in September. The perfect time to get into Christmas Spirit is December 1st. It isn't too early, but it is also not too late. We get 25 days of Holiday Joy before Christmas and almost a week more until the New Year. November should still include pumpkins, turkey, and fall leaves. Christmas time makes me think of sledding in the snow, not going to the pumpkin patch, picking apples, or watching leaves turn yellow, all of which are festivities for October and November. November is a good adjusting period- I hate the cold. I have barely accepted that it is fall, how could I possibly be excited enough for winter that I start decorating for Christmas?
Even if you love the snow or wearing an enormously large winter coat just to go outside for a few minutes, your holiday spirit can wait for the month of December to come around. Two months is such a long time to celebrate a holiday that only happens on one day. That means that we spend 17% of the year just for something that occurs on one day. By the time December 25th rolls around, I could not care any less about Christmas movies, Christmas songs, or anything else related to Santa. I am just ready for summer, palm trees, and the ocean. Well, to be honest, summer just recently ended and I am already excited for some stress-free time in the sun. I mean, who doesn't love summer?
December will be here soon enough; we will get the snow, the classic movies, hot chocolate, and warm cookies everyone is so excited about. Christmas is such a fun holiday to celebrate with your friends and family, but two months is a little extra and, at times, annoying for some of us. Until then, can we just relax and enjoy some pumpkin or pecan pie and the last bit of bearable weather we will get for a while?
