… such a thing as too early.
I enjoy the extra lights on buildings and homes during the christmas season. The moment santa is seen at Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, a dad should be outside hanging off a ladder trying to staple (or clip on for you younger dads) the lighting onto the house, replacing batteries in the candles, and cursing up a storm when mice have shredded the wreaths. The season should last until about mid-January.
I put up with all the stores are mixing Halloween and Christmas decorations and possibly putting out Valentine’s Day cards. They are greedy. I get it. Make the stockholders happy. Push all the junk on people.
What I don’t care for is seeing lights on buildings in October. Not even halfway into October. It is warm, pool not winterized, tomatoes still growing, baseball still hasn’t had the world series (only played in the U.S.), and people are still getting ready for Halloween.
The church across the street has the building lit with the bushes and trees covered in lights. Last week I brought up having a future discussion about putting lights/decorations up for the season. They haven’t even had their trunk or treat.
When ia too early? Now is too early. I think I might send them an email asking why they can’t wait until, I dunno, November 27th. Maybe take the money saved from not wasting electricity put it into the community. Make someone’s day brighten as mucb as the christmas lights do in the middle of October.
