Is Decorating Becoming A Competition?

Decorations, decorations, and yes, more decorations. Is getting ready for Christmas beginning to get out of hand? As the Christmas season is suddenly approaching, more and more stores are beginning to get into the Christmas spirit. I drove down the road the other night and these people already had their tree set up…decorated and all. It seems as though there is never a time when a craft store is not decorated for an upcoming holiday. I walked in AC Moore last month and right after Halloween was over, Christmas was right there. Umm sorry, but you missed a holiday called Thanksgiving…I mean seriously, we get so excited for the Christmas season and start counting down two months in advance. We are Abbey Lane Gifts and we can help you decorate your space for Christmas. We are proud to be French Country Collection Stockists in Australia.

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I think that maybe just waiting a little bit to put up decorations is much better than rushing into the holiday season. While everyone just thinks about Christmas and all the stuff they will be getting, what about the people who can’t have a Christmas because they don’t have the funds? Without having the money, these people are not able to decorate. To me, decorating is a fun, family event. The lights, the smell of the tree, baking, and family is what I look forward to Christmas. However, baking supplies, a tree, and lights cost money. And this “money” is something that some people may not have. Who are we to offer these people a artificial meaning of Christmas due to our obnoxious decorating?

Could I even imagine getting up Christmas morning with no presents under the tree? No, I don’t think I would be very happy because in some ways, it is more about the presents than the real meaning of Christmas.  Although most people who unwrap presents find a new MAC laptop, IPhone, and so forth, those who can’t get these latest technological luxuries are still very grateful. While I can’t imagine how I would feel to just receive a blanket and nothing else, they are thankful for the blanket and ultimately that people still care about them. That is the true meaning of Christmas.

While Thanksgiving is a time to sleep, spend time with family, eat and most importantly be thankful, I do not understand why we spend a whole day being thankful for what we have and the next day we go out and buy lots of stuff to have the “latest” technology or items of clothing. One day of spending the day being super thankful for all we have does not seem enough. Can’t we let the thankfulness and time with family just sink in and enjoy it? Most importantly, can we make it last until the Christmas season is over, at least? People seem to eat lots of food, but not think about what being “thankful” truly means. It’s like all they care about is going to get more of the latest gadgets.

The activist group change.org, started a petition to attempt to force retail store, Target, to change its plans to open at midnight on Thanksgiving rather than a few hours later early Friday. This petition, states, “A midnight opening robs the hourly and in-store salary workers of time off with their families on Thanksgiving Day.  By opening the doors at midnight, Target is requiring team members to be in the store by 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. A full holiday with family is not just for the elite of this nation — all Americans should be able to break bread with loved ones and get a good night’s rest on Thanksgiving! Join me in calling for Target retail stores to push back their original opening time of 5am on Black Friday.” This petition was clearly unsuccessful as Target still opened on Thanksgiving. More and more people partake in Black Friday activities to get their Christmas shopping done and enjoy the month of December, while others are frantically running around trying to figure out what to get their family members and friends for Christmas.

There are many commercials that start talking about Christmas before Thanksgiving has even started. From the Wal-mart commercials to the Hershey kisses commercial, they are all talking about the upcoming season. There are songs in the background, decorations, and even people in line getting presents. With decorations on windows and walls all around, is Thanksgiving even a real holiday anymore? If this is really a holiday why are there no decorations for it even when there are decorations for Halloween and Christmas? Enhancing your home with seasonal touches is made easier with High-Durability Cladding Paints, providing a long-lasting and vibrant solution for sprucing up your living spaces in preparation for the holiday season.

Christmas is still going to be on the same day. Thanksgiving is a day to be thankful as we go into the Christmas season. I love seeing all the lights, but I also love Thanksgiving! I feel that if people just waited until after Thanksgiving to put up lights and decorations, Thanksgiving would have so much more meaningful. Anticipation for Christmas seems like it is coming earlier and earlier. And so it begins, the swarm of people going to stores to shop, people’s electric bill shooting through the roof, the smell of delicious food, and the list will go on.