Once
again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us
observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Dave Barry
Dave Barry
I don’t know about you, but Christmas seems to start earlier every
year. This year I was in shock when the day after Halloween my friend Janice
and I were out engaging in some retail therapy in Kingston and almost every
store we walked into was completed decorated for Christmas. Did the elves
appear at the stroke of midnight on November 1st and spend the
entire night removing all traces of Halloween and getting out the full
Christmas regalia? Wasn’t there a time when the Christmas spirit didn’t begin until
December 1st? Or at least until after U.S. Thanksgiving and Black
Friday?
I’m not doing the Bah Humbug thing! And, it has nothing to do with
being Jewish, although I’m quite delighted that I don’t have to run around like
a mad woman buying gifts for everyone I know and going broke in the process. I enjoy
seeing Christmas decorations in the neighbourhoods and the CN Tower lit up like
the mother of all candy canes. The Bay on Queen and other downtown stores do
spectacular windows. All of this is lovely and festive, but not on November 1st.
Let’s be realistic; how many times can you listen to “Rudolph the Red Nose
Reindeer” without wanting to gag? I understand that Christmas is a big retail
season and that the stores want to maximize its potential, but I’d like to at
least have my winter tires on before I’m surrounded by Christmas.
The Supreme Court has ruled
that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any
religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
Jay Leno
Make someone smile
today.
Geri
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