Charlie Brown is Right

He may have been called a blockhead on several occasions, but Charlie Brown was right when he said that there is too much commercialism in Christmas anymore.

When I was much younger, it seems that the bulk of the Christmas season would start after December 1; much longer after Thanksgiving because that was a holiday in itself. Not anymore. Thanksgiving is run over with Christmas specials and Holiday sales. You see decorations going up before Halloween at some places. All Thanksgiving is anymore is a pre-Christmas pit stop.

And why is this. It is the pursuit of the almighty dollar. I'm not saying it's wrong to make money, but when making money requires the degradation of tradition, principles and standards, it becomes too much. I like making money just as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to walk over things and people to get it.

And here's a sad observation regarding the commercialism of Christmas. The holiday of Festivus, created from Seinfeld folklore is becoming commercialized. This is a holiday created by the Seinfeld character Frank Costanza, which frowned upon the rampant commercialism of Christmas and is celebrated with a plan pole, void of any holiday decoration. Guess what; for $30 - 50, you can buy yourself a Festivus pole. A pole which would normally cost $5-10 at Menards.

Common Sense of it All: Good Grief Charlie Brown. You talked about this 40 years ago and for once your right and I'll stand behind you all the way!