Well Christmas is 23 days away although, if you looked out your window in October, you would have thought christmas was just after Holloween! Ruins it for me really it should all be banned until at least 12 days till Christmas. Ok don't get me wrong I guess people get excited (or have nothing better to do) but it must be confusing for their children, if they have any, or other peoples children who happen to walk by and say daddy/mummy is it Christmas already?
As a side note my son, whom is three years old and doesn't stop talking, asked his mother the other day after observing the neighbours father Christmas 'climbing' the wall and said 'mummy why is spider man on Mandy's wall'! Kids you gotta love their imagination.
Shops are at it as well as the television, with Christmas adverts in the beginning of November, but is this related. I mean people putting up decorations only and shops and TV adverts. Do people see the adverts/shops all christmasy and think 'time to put the pine tree up'. Don't get me wrong I love Christmas especially seeing the kids happy ( i have two boy and girl), having that warm feeling inside, probably from the baileys, and spending a bit more time with the people you love, and sometimes the people you only see once a year. You know who I mean. That uncle or aunt you see once every two years or your cousin who thinks that your house is theirs for the few days they stay, eats and drinks you at of home says their goodbyes not to be seen again for another couple of years.
Personally I like to do my visiting on Christmas eve so that I have Christmas day for my immediate family. Watch the excitement my kids faces as they run into our room and open their stockings. See them run downstairs with wonder at seeing the half eaten carrot, mince pie foil minus the mice pie, and the glass once filled with brandy literally licked dry. God, Santa and his reindeer's love their food and drink!
I spend my Christmas day playing with the kids, toys and helping my better half cook the dinner, while sipping on some alcoholic beverage. In fact why is it acceptable to have a drink at anytime in the day at Christmas and wave it off with, 'it's christmas', when any other day your friends or partner would be reaching for the phone and called the AA! They say that Christmas is for kids now and to some degree i can see the point. What with consumerism having the latest gadget or must have toy. Or the constant toy advert on kids TV. But I personal think its a family thing. Time to reflect on the good and the bad and ultimately thank Jebus or who ever you worship/admire/stork etc you have made it through another year, and wonder what the new year will bring.
Merry Christmas.... oh wait there is still three weeks left!
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