Dear Friends,
I have been reminded of Christmas since Halloween. The fact
that White Christmas was playing since November 2nd scares me. Now
if you don’t know this, you will know that I do not like this time of year. I
don’t like the months of November and December. I have said this since
November. Now that it is December, I try to not think about the meaning of the
holidays. I don’t want someone to lecture me that it is not about the gifts but
the birth of Christ. My younger brother who is practicing a slightly different
faith than Christianity is not celebrating Christmas but more so celebrating
Hanukkah. This entry is about the mess of celebrating Christmas and why I
really wish people who not rush to start the countdown of Christmas.
My first thing is why were people ready to start celebrating
Christmas before Thanksgiving. I was upset hearing Christmas music just after
hearing Monster Mash and Thriller. Why businesses and some people are jump the
gun and celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving? As a kid, there was a
progressive shift from Halloween to Thanksgiving then to Christmas. Now, we
jump over Thanksgiving to Christmas. That bothers me because we tend to change
life because we want things to come quicker. I guess it will take me a while to
adjust to the rush.
I never really got into the hype of Black Friday. I still
find the term offensive even though the meaning is not to offend. This occurs
after Thanksgiving which makes me laugh seeing people leave their homes to go
shopping after 5am in the morning.
This year, they started after 12midnight. So seeing people leave their homes
after eating to get gifts puzzles me. After Black Friday, there is Small
Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I think we have too many unofficial
holidays. Most of them happen between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
My final thing is that in December, there are like holidays
back to back of each other. If you are Jewish, you celebrate Hanukkah. If you
are Christian, you celebrate Christmas. If you are African American, you
celebrate Kwanza . That’s basically the last two weeks of
December. So if you are all three, the last weeks of the year will be crazy.
That’s all for now however there is more to come because I am not done blogging
for 2011.
Eugene Chandler III
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