Christmas in November?

So, I was on my way to work today, kind of not looking forward to it. Mostly because it was so early in the morning. I don't get along with mornings. If they were a person they'd be the kind of person I couldn't spend five minutes with before I wanted to punch them in the face. I STRONGLY dislike mornings, but I digress....

I get to work early like I always do, and hang out in the staff room for a while, trying to keep my eyes open. Quite successfully actually. I'm proud of myself for that. A couple of co-workers show up and we get to chatting like usual. Now, you may be starting to think, what does the title of this post have to do with what I'm talking about. Well hold your horses there, Bucko. I'm getting to that.

I work in the retail industry, and as I'm sure you're aware of, music is generally playing in the background of most retail establishments as a backdrop to a customer's wonderfully exciting shopping experience! Usually we end up with country playing, or a variety of relatively modern tracks (released within the last ten years), or some stuff from the 70's. Not today, OH no. That would make Jason's morning acceptable. Instead, the Christmas tunes have begun. Yay.

I'm no Ebeneezer Scrooge, and I rather enjoy Christmas. The last time I checked, however, Christmas fell in December, NOT November. I'm rather old fashioned in a lot of ways, and one of those ways is, for me at least, is that Christmas is the day the Saviour Christ was born, NOT a day where all of the major corporations got together and decided to make it about buying the biggest, best, and newest things to give to your children so they'd grow up into spoiled little brats.

I strongly believe that Christmas is about Christ, charity, good-will, and peace. NOT commercialism. Honestly, I find it somewhat offensive that the retail industry has so taken over this time of year and essentially destroyed those values. Playing Christmas music starting in mid November in order to subliminally remind people that Christmas is coming up so they had better buy their presents while they're in your store and thinking about it, is despicable.

And that's my rant on that. Let me know how you feel about it.