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Annoyances about Christmas

The most annoying thing about Christmas is that the retailers and media have pushed the preparations, lights, signs, ads and sales to before Thanksgiving. I’d rather prefer to have one holiday at a time and starting the day after Thanksgiving is plenty early enough for my preference.

Another thing that really irks me is the homeowners that continue to turn the outside Christmas lights on well into February. It’s not only nearing tacky, it’s a waste of energy. I can understand not taking them down till the weather is nicer, but for goodness sake extinguish them shortly after the New Year.

My last soap box moment today is the politically correct greeting for the holidays, “Happy Holidays.” It is no longer ‘correct’ to say “Merry Christmas.” Oh gee you might offend someone that doesn’t celebrate the Christian holiday. Oiy. It’s a greeting, why in the world would it offend someone that is perhaps celebrating hanukkah instead? Are people that touchy anymore? Would someone get offended if I said, “Howdy” to a non-Texan? I just don’t get it.