It Comes Earlier Every Year

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Craig Chamberlain

It Comes Earlier Every Year
Oct 20, 2003

It's not fair, it really isn't. It is not even halloween yet and I am already having to worry about Christmas shopping. We haven't set the clocks back or had Thanksgiving dinner and I am already thinking about what to get people and family members are already asking me what I would like for Christmas. It's insane.

There are many reasons this problem exsists. Merchants like to extend the holiday shopping season as long as possible in order to prolong the consumerism that accompanies the holiday, already depratment stores have Christmas decorations out and Christmas trees up. Pretty soon bad Christmas music will be pumped through loudspeakers across shopping malls nation wide. I guess there just isn't enough money to be made in Thanksgiving, that's why we skip it.

It is partly my fault as well. I am not a very patient soul and large crowds irritate me beyond belief. So I don't like to shove my way through stores at what is already a stressful time of the year.So I make myself do my shopping earlier every year in an attempt to avoid the crowds and the mayhem.

So every year earlier and earlier I must run arund like a chicken with my head cut off trying to figure out what my family would like for Christmas. And all this time I thought Christmas was a religious holiday. And they wonder why there is no peace on earth and goodwill to men. It's because every year the season starts earlier and is more stressful. I am no mathmetician, but by my calculations(ok I am not calculating anything, just picking a date) within 10 years the christmas season will be starting before Valentines Day. Theres probably nothing that can be done so i'll just say BAH, humbug!, and hope the season is over quickly for me.

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