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Why I am Not Ready for Christmas

Did everyone just forget about Thanksgiving???

Casey Haberl

Nov 13, 2017

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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I get made fun of quite a bit for "hating Christmas" but the truth is that I don't hate Christmas, I'm just not ready for it yet. The day that I am writing this is November 10th. In my opinion, this early in November is not the Christmas season. I walked into the mall on November 1st to find all of the Christmas decorations up including Christmas trees...Halloween just ended not long ago and Christmas is over a month away. Did we all just forget about the other holiday in-between the two? Because I didn't. We all spend way too much time worrying about the future and not the present in my opinion. Why can't we all just slow down and enjoy every holiday for the different reasons why they were created?

Thanksgiving is beginning to get skipped over now and everyone heads straight for Christmas. I work in retail and have even had to go to work on Thanksgiving before for our Black Friday sale, which I thought was ridiculous. What I thought was even more ridiculous was the fact that so many people actually came shopping on Thanksgiving when they should have been home spending time with their families and eating leftover turkey. I understand getting a jump start on your Christmas shopping because it can get quite overwhelming as it gets closer and closer to Christmas, but really? Do you have to come shopping on Thanksgiving? I do the majority of my Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving and have never had an issue getting everything that I needed. Shopping on Thanksgiving is not going to make that much of a difference. Go home, spend time with your family, and celebrate Thanksgiving.

So no, I will not be decorating my house for Christmas yet or be playing Christmas music yet or watching Christmas movies yet. I will be living in the present. I will be spending this month thinking about all of the things that I am thankful for and what amazing food I am going to eat on Thanksgiving day as I sit around the table with my loving family. The day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas season starts in my world, and that's the way it is going to stay.

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