Another Thanksgiving Past

Well yet another Thanksgiving has come and gone in the Christensen household in the Northwoods of Minnesota. Family has come and gone, great food, better laughs, and now the Christmas season can officially begin. As mentioned on more than one occasion, Christmas season should not really begin until Thanksgiving has past, but much of America has begun to disregard this unspoken rule of respect for the Pilgrams. Who can really blame us? Why not make the most stressful time of year last another month to six weeks? I am honestly waiting for the year that I walk into a store in the middle of August and the decorations are being put up, and Christmas music obnoxiously blaring in the background. Some of you may be thinking, "Wow, this guy really hates Christmas, He's really bitter, or What a Grinch." All untrue, I like Christmas. I am pro Jesus laying in the manger. I don't have a vendetta for the wisemen. I do however get frustrated with all the shopping, "hustle bustle", etc. Too often in an attempt to make everyone else happy we make ourselves miserable and we forget what the season is really about, i.e. the birth of our Savior.