Are Your Christmas Lights Still Up???

13 Jan 2010 3 Comments

by Gina McCune in Uncategorized

Granted, Christmas is not my favorite holiday.  Number one, it’s cold.  It’s also commercialized, expensive, and laced with unattainable expectation.  Families feel forced to be ”together” so soon after Thanksgiving even with the outrageous cost of air travel and gasoline.  Crowded stores are filled with folks chasing the perfect gift which will probably need returning, and $25 gift cards are often exchanged.  Come on…you know what I mean.  You buy the nieces $25 gift cards while your kids are opening the card with their $25 gift card from the nieces.  It’s silly, really.

That being said, every year I hear amazing stories of generosity and acts of immense kindness.  So, no.  I’m not a Scrooge.  I’m just ready for it to be over when it’s over.  Christmas was on a Friday this year, and we took our tree down on the following Sunday.  Are you shocked and awed??  Look people…it’s OVER!  Don’t you want the New Year fresh and not riddled with remnants of last year’s holiday?  I know I do.  I really like to get my house back in order as quickly as possible.  Plus, we’ve had that damn thing up since the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Gees…

I have friends that, bless their hearts, simply ooze Christmas during the season.  I tolerate them, since they’re only obnoxious for a few weeks every year.  Their houses look like they’ve been hosed down with jolliness.  This is fine, and after a while becomes endearing as a character trait.  But, when it’s over, it’s over.  Move on.

So.  What’s the problem with you people who still turn on your outdoor lights every night?  It’s the middle of January.  Are we getting a jump on next year?  I can understand a busy schedule or even procrastination either of which could prevent their coming down…but DON”T TURN THEM ON!  Good Lord.  And please don’t let yourself fall into the class of the few that just leave them up the rest of the year.  Tacky much??

Here’s my plea…let’s end it.  Can we all look eternally forward to next year’s holiday season by this time every year?  PLEASE?  You know it’s not gone forever, right?  We only have a few short months before trees arrive in the stores and Christmas music is pumped over the loud speakers at an annoying decibel level.  Relax.  It comes around again before you know it.  Now, make yourself a giant cocktail, force your husband up on the ladder, and stupidvise his immediate removal of those lights.  It won’t be so bad…you might actually feel better.  And no, this does not mean you can start decorating for Easter.

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