It's All Relative

Christmas is Apparently Coming, Everyone...

It's November right? Like barely November...then what is with all the Christmas hoopla already??? Maybe its a Utah thing or maybe my family just does the holiday season a little differently, but right now the city of Logan is buzzing with the Christmas vibe- its out of control. The restaurant that I work at is toe-up in holiday decor. My boss actually hired a designer to do all the Christmas decorating in the restaurant... and boy did he ever. This designer pretty much went crazy and now Hamilton's Steak and Seafood could second as Santa's crib. But even though he bought Pier 1 out, the place does look quite festive and pretty, but why so early, dude? Does anyone care about Thanksgiving anymore? Let me just say that the Olsen's did the holiday season a bit more leisurely. Christmas season did not start until after Thanksgiving. Like, no one even talked about Christmas until Thanksgiving was over. No stocking was hung, no gift was purchased until the Thanksgiving festivities ended. Maybe its because Thanksgiving was a big deal in my family. I am pretty sure its the favorite holiday with everyone in the fam, mainly because Thanksgiving meant a lot of exciting things that we just DID NOT get during the regular year including: Grandma's jello with the whipped cream that, now and forever, NO ONE will get quite right and Lisa O's fairy rolls that, I'll be honest Mom, in the past couple years have been a little sub-par, but still, its one of those things you look forward to and except at Thanksgiving. Also getting to see my whole family is the best part about Thanksgiving. Even though some things have changed over the years, I still look forward to Thanksgiving and hate the fact that it gets looked past the day after Halloween. So I would suggest everyone just calm down, leave the the Christmas stuff boxed up for just a couple more weeks and pass me a piece of pumpkin pie please, with cool whip.