This got submitted by Ehferr12 as news, which it really isn't. But it seemed like something to talk about this week:
Okay. Maybe it's the music.
All of these Christmas songs usually have some part that says, "Christmas is finally here," or some nonsense like that. Christmas is already two months long, so you know that can't be right.
Maybe there is some sort of subliminal message that is actually getting through. Everyone is warm and melty and susceptible to suggestion. They think, "hey, it does take too long to get here." That's the time of year that people start decorating for the Christmas holiday.
The reason why Christmas begins on the day after Thanksgiving is because the same people that decorate in red and green in December, also decorate for the November holiday. It was like this for a long time, and the audience of this webcomic is probably too young to know of any time before this travesty occurred.
In fact, once Christmas became heavily commercialized, it was almost a given that there would be no smooth transition from the first holiday to the second. They figure, "well, I'm taking this stuff down. Why don't I just put up this other stuff while I'm at it?" And that was all she wrote.Then it happened. I can't pinpoint when it happened, but I've recently become aware of it. Unfortunately, these business assholes got wind of the idea. Since 28 days of advertising wasn't enough to rake in their Christmas bonuses, they would push the date further forward in the year until it reached Halloween. Which may or may not be a reason as to why no one cares about Halloween anymore.
Furthermore, the Day-After-Christmas-Sale is not a new idea. By using this and New Year's as an excuse, Christmas lingers on (even after it died at the end of December 25) usually until January 5. By my calculations, Christmas went from 12 days (the song got it right first) to 64.
Getting back to the music, this is stuff that by far, is the one thing that lets you know on what day everyone has lost their minds. They usually come back by New Year's. The booze helps.
I'm not saying Christmas is evil. Actually I am, but there are ways to make it better. Like I said, The 12 Days of Christmas, should be a rule. While I don't believe in it, any holiday that gets me gifts for no reason can't be all bad.
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Re: Christmas Musings
Interesting wording, "Christmas died", when it's all about a birthday (even though I heard historians think it was early December :twisted:)
Anyways, I agree with you on the whole over commercialized thing. Try working in a Toys R Us and see how you feel about Christmasand commercialization after nine Christmas seasons. I have seen the rise and fall of Power Rangers, I've had Mother's accuse me of hording Tickle me Elmo's in the storeroom for personal gain, I ran a Pokemon league, I've had cases of Hot Wheels torn out of my hands when the new line arrives, and spent an entire shift stocking and restocking and restocking the same Beyblades display ALL day. I really need a new job.
Weeks ago I was at a Meijers (sort of a local walmarty place but less depressing) and not only was there an endless loop of bad christmas songs blasting out of the PA, but they had one of those spawn of satan lifsize santas with motion detector that sang its own repertoire of chrismas tunes. Standing in the zone of sound where the two sets of chrismas crap music intersected was well over the line for a significant human rights violation. thank got it was not in the cutlery section or I would have ended it all right there with a bread knife.
Back in college, I used to work at a grocery store during summer and winter breaks. I still remember, none too fondly, the one year the singing animals became popular. I think there was a couple singing fish, a tree, an alligator, and a wreath. Billy the Big Mouth Bass or some other god-awful abomination. They had them positioned right by the door so every time a customer walked in, the motion sensors set them off and it was a living hell of cartoonish voices. I think I lasted three days at most before the batteries conveniently disappeared.