Christmas music on my local radio and t.v. stations began in MID-NOVEMBER this year! Americans will exhaust themselves "celebrating" Christmas even before the day arrives. What nonsense! We're not in the Christmas season in November-December---we're in the Advent season. We shouldn't even begin celebrating Christmas until December 25, and THEN continue for a few weeks thereafter. In fact, this is what I used to do with my students: In early January, I would have them gather with me at a particular place in town. Then we would spend the next week or so walking block after block through neighborhoods. We'd knock on many a house door. When the resident would open the door, we'd yell, "Here's your blasted Christmas tree which you prematurely discarded on your treelawn. Take it back now! Re-erect it in your living room, and let it stand for another month. Christmas season has JUST BEGUN!" My students and I spend several nights of every January in jail.
-Old Gargoyle
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