With the election wrapped up, it’s time to start wrapping.
Holiday season is right around the corner. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa coming up, it truly is an exciting time to be alive. Accordingly, radio stations, retail stores and carol enthusiasts are already gearing up for the holiday season. While I will admit that it’s a bit strange to be thinking about Christmas while it’s 70 degrees outside as I write this, it is one of the highlights of the year. It’s only natural that people want to build up their excitement for the Christmas season.
However, there are some misers out there and people who get angry hearing Christmas music before December.
Frankly, these people are just sad. They’re so caught up in their anger that they can’t find themselves to appreciate the spirit of Christmas. Oftentimes they’ll justify this rage by pointing to the excessive commercialism that happens in these extra weeks of pre-Christmas, and they’ll cynically denounce this as corporate greed. This is true, but it’s this corporate greed that makes me feel warm inside and makes me want to watch Christmas movies. It’s corporate greed that lets me listen to and sing “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” for more than a month out of the year. For that, I am eternally grateful.
I will make some concessions. Those Christmas radio stations can get annoying because they play the same few songs again and again and again, which is strange, given how there are so many to appreciate. Still, these stations continually play the same ones. That’s why I tend to listen to Christmas songs online, not through the radio. Because I want to get in as much of the Christmas-themed content as humanly possible, which means I need more than just the month of December to hear those sleigh bells jingling.
So, I want to say to you black-hearted people who are so passionate about trying to steal my extra few weeks of pre-Christmas: There’s no need to be a Grinch. This is a time of warmth, family and love, and regardless of how early it starts, that’s what this season is all about. So, if you’re opposed, please email me. I will gladly record myself singing a carol and send it your way to help clear the darkness that so obviously rests upon your soul. All you need to do is just put on "A Christmas Story," listen to some carols and allow your heart to grow three sizes.
