Today on Facebook my husband made the bah humbug comment that he wished Christmas lasted just one month instead of three. Well, my friends (as McCain would say - I didn't know he had influenced my speech) I LOVE Christmas, and I am happy for it to last three months. I first saw Christmas sneak into the grocery store in October. Just one table in the center of the store had an assortment of Christmas goodies. Then, they were sneaking Christmas things on top of the frozen section. The next thing you know, ghosts and witches were being thrown out the door to make room for a toy Santa climbing a ladder in time with a jaunty Christmas tune. I am also fascinated by the tacky Christmas wares that can be seen in the seasonal section of the grocery store. There is the Santa that shakes around to a very un-Christmasy song, an Elvis tree skirt, and a pen that has a button to make a punching Santa or snowman. Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a punch from Santa! My kids would be happy to touch, poke and prod every item in the section. We can't go grocery shopping without stopping to stare at the Santa climbing a ladder. With just 38 days left until the big day we have to get all of our Christmas-excitement-Santa-staring-tacky-Christmas-stuff-oggling in that we can!
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I went to Target yesterday to get some Thanksgiving table decorations and came home with Christmas stuff. Isaac is taking the bah-humbug out of me. We had to get a box of tissues with polar bears and a santa on it - he held it all the way home. We are a strictly toilet paper family, so it was Christmas in my heart that let him get the Kleenex.
I am shocked that you were getting table decorations or Christmas stuff! Go Isaac! :) That's funny that he liked the kleenex so much. The kiddos really make the holidays irresistable.
I'm with you... I love Christmas and I love to enjoy it. I'm trying to convince Tommy he needs to get the Christmas tree out for me on Saturday, so I can put it up next week. He's very strict about waiting until the day after Thanksgiving. Let's hope I win :)
Mark is strict about the after Thanksgiving rule too.
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