Let’s try this again, somewhat updated and with a Hanukkah flavor.
It’s Hanukkah. Historically a well-defined and important holiday season. Imagine if Hanukkah evolved into what the Christmas season has become, as defined more by consumerism than faith, as seen by a traditional eight days compared to what was once designated as the 12 days of Christmas.
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And when is the actual Christmas season?
Thanksgiving Day certainly arrived early this year, but not as early as Christmas. Ruth and I saw our first Christmas holiday business displays being hoisted and attached to well-known eatery exteriors on October 24th.
Decorating for a winter event seven days prior to the autumn pseudo-holiday of Halloween, a good month before the nation’s one day holiday of Thanksgiving and almost two months ahead of Christmas is absurd.
It’s too much, too soon.
Residents throughout the metropolitan area soon got into the act of decorating their respective dwellings for the Christmas season.
But when actually is the Christmas season? When is the holiday period?
Once upon a time, there actually was a truly defined Christmas holiday season. There’s even a song about it that has been around a long time, and taught to many of us. The true Christmas season is from Dec. 25, Christmas Day until Jan. 6, Three Kings Day, also known as The Epiphany.
Early proclamations of a holiday that is not to occur for two months is confusing and somewhat degrading to the significance of the actual holiday and the miracle it supposed to represent. We have steered way off course when it comes to recognizing and acknowledging the significance and importance of the most important period celebrated around the world, that being the 12 Days of Christmas and not the nearly two months of a commercialized extravaganza and frenzy leading up to the day of the 25th.
Too little too late.
During the actual 12 days of Christmas, December 25 to January 6, many homes, residences and places of business will actually dismantle the decorations, take down the holiday lighting and haul the tree to the curb, all well before the end of the actual Christian Christmas holiday.
It’s disturbing.
Dennis Bradish, Evans, Ga.
