So, I know I want my blog to be positive, but sometimes I'm just gonna have to rant. Like now.
Today was unseasonably warm. Hot, even. Mid-70's. Keep that in mind, would you?
As I left work at 3:30 this afternoon, I marvelled at how nice the weather was. Two Halloweens ago it was snowing, and today I was HOT in my jeans and running shoes (I was not hot because I was running, I was just wearing running shoes).
Get in the car. Unroll the windows. Turn on the radio.
Here's where my rant begins...
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
'Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
and here is where you cover the eyes of any little ones trying to learn to read at this moment.
What the F*^#? Seriously? We can't even go trick-or-treating before the over-commercialization of Christmas starts?
I love Christmas. The entire holiday season, beginning with Thanksgiving preparations, is amazing. Such a focus on our family, our Savior, our home, the simple things that make our life complete. And all the baking. I love baking. And the music. I adore Christmas music. After Thanksgiving. Maybe a few songs in mid-November. Not a radio station devoting their programming to Christmas songs now. RIDICULOUS!!!
I know I'm a little crazy about this. I'm usually very easy-going. But one of my life rules is NO CHRISTMAS MUSIC BEFORE NOVEMBER. The unseasonably warm weather was just the cherry on top.
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In other news, trick-or-treating was fun. Lauren fell asleep on the way home from daycare, so Aubrey and I went t-or-t-ing while Andy and Lauren stayed home. Aubrey wore butterfly wings, with a cut-out fish around her neck - she was a butterfly fish (what I'd been at work earlier) and I wore her doughnut costume (cardboard cut-out decorated with felt frosting and sprinkles - what she had been at school*, girl scouts and daycare). And she got enough candy for 6 kids**. Lauren woke up minutes after Aubrey and I got home, so she put on her butterfly wings and I took her to Bob & Bev across the street, and called it a night. And my camera is MIA, so umm, sorry, no Halloween pictures.
*Apparently Aubrey'd been talking about her costume in class - when we arrive with her doughnut costume, one of the girls sees it and says, "Holy God, she wasn't kidding!" All I could do was laugh.
**I've always put a limit on candy consumption, but then it stays in the house for sooooo long, so Aubrey and I decided that we will all each as much as we want tonight, without even asking mom first!!! and then, beginning tomorrow, have a 2 piece a day limit. And, I decided unilaterally that all the candy expires about mid-November, no matter what. As I'm typing this, though, Lauren is claiming that the 11 blow-pops in her hands are all hers, and I'm maybe rethinking our plans for the night. :-)
In a kinda funny twist to my Christmas music/Halloween situation, I found out today that my sister will be with us for Christmas this year. That means enchilada casserole for Christmas Eve Dinner, and Grandpa John's sticky buns for breakfast Christmas day. And thinking of that puts me in the holiday spirit. But it's still way too freakin' early to deck my halls!
How was your Halloween? For your sake, I hope there was no decking of halls, silencing of the night or jingling of bells! ;-)
Oh man your rant cracked me up! I have a rule about no Christmas decorations or music until December. I have a lot of cute Thanksgiving decorations and I hate that they get edged out the day after Thanksgiving. So, I wait. Plus, we can't put up our tree 'til after my husband's birthday, that was always his tradition, and that is on Dec. 8th so there will be no decking of halls here, just so you know!
ReplyDeleteOur Halloween was good!
I cracked up! It's been super warm here too. the 31st, and the first two days of November was in the mid 70's-crazy! We usually always get our first snow sometime in October, NOT this year.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree Christmas should be limited, and not start in October. It truly seems like every year it is earlier and earlier. The same thing with the day after Thanksgiving sales. Before we know it, I think you'll see that they open at midnight!