Already??? Bah, humbug!

First it was the news­pa­per notice that Santa Claus was arriv­ing at Town Cen­ter Mall last night.? Then today, at CVS, it was see­ing not only all the Christ­mas mer­chan­dise out already, but their actual store dec­o­ra­tions up and in your face.?? Later, at Wal-​Mart,? my ears were assaulted by a hor­ridly trea­cly ren­di­tion of “Silent Night” over the store Muzak sys­tem as I watched an employee deck­ing their store halls.

Please, Amer­ica, get a grip!!!? It’s NOVEMBER THIRD.? The Hal­loween candy isn’t even all gone from the clear­ance shelves.? It’s fifty-​two days? until Christ­mas, nine­teen days until Thanks­giv­ing (which hap­pens to come on the ear­li­est pos­si­ble date this year), and you are already assault­ing my senses with your crass com­mer­cial exploita­tion of the “Hol­i­day Sea­son.”? Trust me, it’s not going to put me into the “Christ­mas Spirit” — no, all it’s going to do is make me sick of every­thing before Thanks­giv­ing, and want to just hiber­nate in my home until New Year’s.? Ven­tur­ing out to boost the local econ­omy will shortly be the last thing on my mind, thank you.

Santa’s appear­ance at the end of the Macy’s Thanks­giv­ing Day Parade is quite soon enough to start shov­ing Christ­mas in my face at every turn, thank you very much.? I got your Merry Christ­mas right here, bah humbug!!!