Welcome to the Holiday Season
I love the Christmas season. I love the lights and decorations and music and all that stuff. I hate the Cult of Santa and crass materialism, of course, but I’ve gotten pretty good on focusing on all the good stuff and blocking a lot of the bad stuff out. Before Thanksgiving, I avoid listen ing to Christmas music, I avoid pulling out decorations, I don’t do holiday shopping unless I run into that Perfect Thing that I won’t find again, but… on the day after Thanksgiving, I kick it off. the red sparkly sweater come out of the drawer, the Christmas music is nonstop on the iPod, the decorations come out, and I enjoy every second of it until New Year’s.
So with that in mind, I invite you to join me in kicking the season off with a little commercialism of the uplifting and edifying variety. Eat ‘n’ Park has put their Christmas star commercial online for viewing and download. It’s the heartwarming story of a star who wants to get to the top of the Christmas tree, but who can’t until he gets a little lift. It’s worthwhile, y’all. I find myself watching it several times during the holiday season from my hard drive since I no longer live in a market where I can see it on TV.
Happy Holidays, all.