It celebrates the harvest and all things autumnal.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A quick word regarding Christmas
I feel really bad for Thanksgiving. It is such a cool holiday.
It has a historical basis.
It makes people slow down and consider their blessing and helps the whole country cultivate an attitude of gratitude.
It brings family and friends together.
It always falls on a Thursday so you always get an extra day off of work.
But I feel like it is getting overlooked. Three people in my neighborhood already have their Christmas trees up. One even had their tree up before my birthday (November 17th) which is crazy. I love Christmas probably more than the average person. Black Friday all of my decorations will go up, and it probably won't be long till I buy a tree.
But we have to take time to savor Thanksgiving/Autumn!
There is still plenty of time for Christmas after that!!!
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Amen. It drives me nuts how the stores (and everyone in them) seem to forget that not everything is about buying and wanting more and more. I like the reminder to breathe and remember why it's so great to be alive, and how blessed we really are.
I also like how Thanksgiving is a no-(or at least low)pressure holiday. There's no, "well, I have to get Janie a gift but she already has everything," or, "I have to give my neighbors clever things," or anything like that. It's just a holiday to eat yummy food, be together with family, and to be thankful for those things. I think we need more Thanksgivings. (that and I want turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie more often!)
Christmas decorations in my neighborhood started going up beginning of October.
People around here are decorating for Christmas too...and have been since Halloween!! It seems so weird to me because I love Thanksgiving and we hardly have much of a Fall. I can't STAND people starting one holiday before another one is over. I have to do things in order.
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