Christmas is in December, not October

Something that has crossed my mind this past week is the obsession this country has for preparing for Christmas so freakin early. Every year well before December, all the Christmas songs start playing 24/7 on radio stations and people decorate for Christmas as early as possible. One of my neighbors has had their Christmas tree up since before Halloween. They skipped two holidays to set up their tree!! Now this year I suppose since the weather has been rainy and cold most of November I can see why some people might put lights up outside early, but there is no need to put up a Christmas tree 2 months before Christmas. But you know what, I could deal with the decorating if it wasn't for the songs. Not only do they start playing WAY too early, but every good holiday song has been butchered by various artists who try to incorporate their own style into it, which I guess is necessary if you are gonna play songs every minute of every day for a month.

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the Christmas season. I enjoy the holidays just as much as the next guy, but people have made Christmas too materialistic. I believe it was Jordan who posted in their blog last week about this subject, and if it wasn’t Jordan than I apologize to whoever it actually was. It’s not about who can set up the most lights and have the brightest house on the street. If it was, my house would get last every year because my family is too lazy to ever put any lights up outside.