Sophia Costa
Staff Writer
There are two types of people in the world: the ones who put their Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and the ones who put it up after. Of course, there is also a third type who is way too excited about the holiday and has their tree up and Mariah Carey playing by the middle of October.
Is there a happy medium? When is the perfect time to get into the holiday spirit without annoying the neighbors too soon with bright and flashing lights? Some consider before Thanksgiving to be too early to start the celebration.
Senior Jaylin Rasumoff strongly believes that there’s no need to rush into the Christmas festivities. “Fall is my favorite season, so I have to get through Halloween and Thanksgiving before I can even start Christmas,” said Rasumoff.
Some of the justification for this has to do with the magic of the season being dampened with the extra month of it being pushed in our faces. Not only does it take away from the spirit of Christmas, it can also take away from the time to appreciate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a beautiful holiday full of gratitude, family and food that tends to get skipped over due to the excitement for the Christmas season.
“When Halloween is over, it’s right on to the next thing, and everyone always skips Thanksgiving. That’s really sad to me,” said Rasumoff.
Continuing to start celebrating Christmas before the season could eventually take away the charm of the holiday. We look forward to Christmas because it’s not celebrated early and only comes around a certain time of year. Celebrating early can make it boring because we just get used to it. Soon enough, we’ll have to start looking for the next thing to celebrate early to make up for Christmas.
“If you start too early, then that’s a lot of Christmas spirit. The magic of it isn’t as fruitful as you’d want it to be,” said Rasumoff. “It’s like I’ve been listening to Christmas music for two months by the time Christmas actually comes around. I’m badly over it by the time December 26 comes around and I’m glad it’s finally done.”
Rushing through life to get to the good parts takes away from the good things happening right now. Christmas is a good time, of course, but so are Thanksgiving and Halloween. Finding a happy balance between the excitement is key to being able to enjoy all of the end-of-year festivities without taking things too far.
