Is it Christmas yet?

I was looking at my sister Chris’ blog this morning and it got me to thinking. I know. I try not to do it too often. It hurts too much. Haha Anyway, growing up we had all these different things that we associated with Christmas. Unfortunately, a lot of them weren’t Christ related. Clydesdale horses running thru the snow bringing beer to all the people who had Christmas cheer. Polar bears wearing red hats drinking Coca Cola sliding down hills of snow. We had to have Elvis with his “Blue Christmas”. Actually, we had music playing most of the time. I was forever singing Christmas carols to the top of my lungs, and not the sweet melodic ones… the rambunctious ones. Mother making Chex mix (the good stuff, not this stuff with bagel chips!). The hollowed out plastic pear with a little nativity scene nestled in the top center of the Christmas tree. I still have to have a little nativity scene at the top of my tree centered in the middle. :} Ahh the joys of Christmas.   It’s no wonder that marketing execs started making Christmas earlier and earlier. There were so many things that symbolized “time for Christmas” and only a few short weeks after Thanksgiving to fit them all in. Haha