Christmas is coming

 

   It feels as if it's already here. The first day of December has happened, and almost everyone has decorated their house.

    Getting closer and closer to Christmas, it seems December rushes and poof.... Christmas has come. 

  I feel as if everyone has started celebrating since Mid- November. It depends on when Thanksgiving falls. If it's late, like it was this year, by the first day of November, Christmas stuff arrives in stores. Candy, trees (fake or real) cards, anything that is associated with the Jolly Holiday.

  Christmas music starts playing earlier. Even decorations are hung earlier. The question is...are we rushing with every year? When I was a kid, we waited until after Thanksgiving to put up the tree and decorate the house. 

    Now, I see people decorating their homes before the Turkey is carved. 

  Even now, with it being the first week of December, it feels as if we bunch up each holiday to make a new one combined.

   Every year...we do this. And I feel, with each year, Thanksgiving is close to being forgotten. Of course it came, but it felt as if it was rushed.

    Now everyone is dressed in their Christmas best to perform for people on Holiday specials and Christmas movies are the new norm. Christmas music is now being played so much...some will get sick of it before Christmas arrives. Sometimes....we need to breathe and enjoy each holiday as it was meant to be.

    Don't get me started on birthdays in December. Having one in Mid- December doesn't help as people feel having it close to Christmas (no matter what day) it still can be considered.... a pain in the neck.

     I'm not the only one that have a Christmas style birthday. Famous actors to singers and poets.... many of them do have a birthday in December. 

   And people being born on Christmas or after it, it's just as bad. Celebrating on the biggest holiday ever. Do you get combo gifts? For me, when my birthday comes, I do not want ONE PRESENT wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper.

   If it is, I'll open it in ten more days. Simple as that.

    The feeling of Christmas is here. No matter how cold it gets, the feeling of Christmas stays warm in our hearts.

   Knowing we should cherish each day like it was Christmas, does it mean we should celebrate everyday like it was Christmas?

   I think.. Christmas should stay in one day....and the feeling last forever. Christmas is coming. Are you ready?