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To The People Who Put Their Christmas Lights Up After Halloween

Tis the season, do whatever makes you happy.

Brooklynn Wilkes
Nov 15, 2019
Jacksonville State University
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You know what? Go ahead and put those Christmas lights up. Turn up that Christmas music up and pour yourself some eggnog. Tis the season, because you are allowed to do whatever makes you happy.

This past week I went a got my first Christmas tree for my apartment. I got some crazy looks, but the happiness I felt made those looks irrelevant. I love Christmas and if I want to decorate "early" then I will, and you should too. Aren't we all supposed to be spreading good cheer?

If you want to go ahead and string up those Christmas lights, do it. If you are wanting to deck the halls to the max already, do it. If Christmas makes you happy and you cannot wait to start preparing for it, do it. No one else's opinion on how early or late you prepare for the holidays should matter when it comes down to what makes you happy.

Slide on those fuzzy Christmas socks and turn your channel to Hallmark, because you know you have a lot of Christmas movies to get under your belt. I'm not a huge fan of eggnog, so I would grab some hot chocolate and start binging something Christmas related on Netflix.

Invite all of your other Christmas loving friends and have yourself a tree lighting ceremony. There is no reason to hold back starting such a joyous season. If someone cannot appreciate how happy something makes you then they do not belong in your life. The negativity is not needed when you are just trying to make yourself happy.

Forget what other people think this holiday season, do what makes you happy, whether that is putting your lights up the first week of September or the last. We only have one life and it is your decision how to live it, do not let anyone else take your happiness, no matter what form it comes in.

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