For me it's two whole months of the year where I see a lot of family I don't usually get to, there's pretty great food, we go shopping together (for fun, not insanity), we have cookie parties, and we decorate the Christmas Tree at church. I get to give gifts to people, which is something that makes me happy, and hey, I get some cool stuff in return. We always do a fun Christmas movie or play, which I'm filming this year. I have an excuse to sing cheesy music as much as I want, and all of this happiness, because it makes me incredibly happy, is due to an important part of my faith, which is also a very big deal to me.
If people think I should be miserable for two months because some people have decided Wal-mart should dictate what the season's supposed to mean, that's just not going to happen. I will, however, continue to hit the jackpot on DVDs and BDs at Wal-Mart on Black Friday, you better believe that.
I can't wait to get a Christmas Tree. I used to be very "Must wait til after Thanksgiving" but I don't really see the point any more.
If you feel differently about it all, I'm not going to try and change anyone's mind, argue about it, but it does make me a bit sad when a lot of the talk about this time of the year focuses on consumerism.
