You Tell Us: Too Early To Prep For Christmas?
An interesting discussion started in Patch comments today.
Is it too early to deck the halls? That's the question raised by some Patch commenters in our weekend guide post from Thursday morning. A Towson church is holding its Christmas festival, while the Avenue at White Marsh is having its annual tree lighting. Commenter Gregg Roberts said: Wow, it isn't even Thanksgiving and Christmas festivities started on November 2nd. When I was a kid there was no thought of Christmas until Santa showed up on the Thanksgiving Day parade. A Christmas tree lighting before Thanksgiving would have been thought a joke. Why not enjoy the simple beauty of Thanksgiving and -- let the Christmas holiday last longer. It seems by the middle of November, radio stations are playing Christmas carols but some stop midnight …
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Gregg Roberts
6:59 am on Friday, November 16, 2012
As far as there being less and less Christmas decorations... in some parts of the country, like Miami there are almost no decorations. In Europe, the towns themselves put up often elaborate Christmas displays but private homes don't make nearly the effort we doing in decking the halls -- at least on the outside. On one level, you won't find many places with more Christmas lights then here in … more ›