All I want for Halloween

Is a Christmas carol? I can’t believe it – Halloween hasn’t even come and gone and the retail sector is already setting up Christmas if it hasn’t already finished. It  looks like Christmas threw up  all over the front end of the store I work at but that’s not even the worst of it – the kicker is it’s even complete with Christmas carols  playing on one of those display CD sampler thingies.  Can we say suicide?

“Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer, and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!”  I will never forget those names, even if I wanted to they are burned in one of the lobes of my brain having heard them since childhood when Christmas was a mystical time. I don’t know if I’ve ever really enjoyed Christmas although I’m sure I must have in the days before I could talk but now I can take it or leave it.

I enjoy the dressing of Christmas like the tree, the cheer and yes even the Carols but not in the beginning of October for two and a half months! I can handle the beginning of December until after the new year but PEOPLE  LET’S GET A GRIP. Can we say commercialism. I do buy gifts for family and friends but I am slowly trying to cut back and get back to the true spirit of the holiday. I guess it depends on the traditions you grew up with and what you enjoy but I believe that too many of these “Holidays” are over done.

I like to take each “Holiday” with a grain of salt and enjoy it for what it is. I don’t take them in any overly religious context but rather just enjoy the spirit and the festivities. If I had to choose a favorite I would have to say Halloween. I enjoy the theatricality of dressing up and scaring people; not to mention the treats. I don’t get many kids knocking on the door but that’s okay I get dressed up for work and that fulfills my yearly requirement of costumes. I also think that Halloween should be scary otherwise what’s the point?

Cory