HOLIDAY MADNESS - I SWORE I WOULDN'T
I can remember when people started putting up their outside decorations for Christmas two weeks before...and eventually it became the day after Thanksgiving. This year, the lights were going up two weeks BEFORE THANKSGIVING! What's ths rush? And in keeping with this insanity, there is the Black Friday shopping day in which I refuse to participate. Standing outside the door of a store with 1500 other individuals all waiting for the store to open so they can battle it out for sale items is not a sport in which I will compete. I have always had a dread of confined spaces, shortages of oxygen, sweaty bodies, and crowded conditions. I have no tolerance for people who are inconsiderate, thoughtless and rude. Now, just tell me this isn't a prime location for such behavior.
So having recited the above, I thought, silly me, that on the 4th of December, a Monday morning, it should be relatively uncrowded in Hobby Lobby. I would venture in there and pick up some miniature ornaments for a Christmas project, and three packages of garland for the 9 foot tree my brother brought home on Sunday. Well, what a surprise! When Karen my cab driver arrived at Hobby Lobby the entire parking lot was packed. I think every woman from my end of town was in that store! Doesn't anyone work anymore? I did find what I needed; however, the picking was slim. I think everyone must have a Christmas tree up and decorated by now. I am amazed...I swore I wouldn't get into that kind of crowd. Next year I shop in November -- the 10th!
In closing, I heard this morning on the news that the reporter was shocked to learn that they are painting the Christmas trees in the lots because they are dead and look unappealing. Now isn't that a great idea? What kind of fire hazard might that be? And...let's just buy those trees a little earlier yet!
Thought: If bipolar people are a little unstable, are these folks sane?
2 comments:
Hey There :-) Ya, I'm still around and doin' ok.
I'm with you on the whole thing. We decorate on the inside but I don't on the outside. That's just my choice. But there were people on my street and the one next that were decorated the day after Halloween.
My sisters wanted to go shopping in the US. I said no, thanks anyway. I can't rationalise a 2 hour car trip, a 2 hour wait to get over the border (if we're lucky at this time of year), hours wait in store lines, and for what?
I'll stick with my little corner of the earth and venture out only when necessary.
As for painted trees, if my father the firefighter heard that he'd pitch a fit. We always had an artificial one as kids for just that reason (fire hazards) and I only had a real one for two years during my first marriage. I don't miss it. It's the image, not the source that is the thing.
Very funny.:-) Ya know, this year I'm feeling really good for some reason. I'd planned on decorating after Thanksgiving, and couldn't stand it, and decorated BEFORE instead. I had scheduled the outside lights to be installed after Thanksgiving, and regretted it. Sure, it's too soon, but I wanted to enjoy them as long as possible. :-) I just like being festive this year (which is NOT THE NORM - typically I would agree with you!!!).
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