Holiday Spirit or Spirits?

It seems our lives have become so shallow these days that our total existence seems to revolve around Holidays. When I was a kid, Christmas was maybe a week long deal, the lights and tree went up 4 or 5 days before, and then they came down, usually before New Years. Halloween was a day making a costume and then a night of trick or treating, On Thanksgiving we piled into the car, went to my Aunts house, the kids played outside, the men drank and smoked cigars, we ate tons of food, went home, holiday over.

Now, months are defined by Hallmark and advertisers, Valentines Day ads will start in January, Easter too has become a month long affair. When did decorating your house for Easter and Halloween become a thing? Mother's day sales will begin in April, same for Father's Day. The Fourth of July has Christmas sales, Then of course it's "Back to School" which we'll hear about in June...

I used to look forward to Christmas, it was a special eve, and a day, when all was good. Now we've been saturated with Christmas since before Thanksgiving, Everyone has to have a Christmas party, so they begin even weeks before Christmas,

Now I can't wait for it to be over, it's not so special anymore, and it's not because I'm older, just Holidayed Out...