Went to get a watch band and a watch battery at the mall and noticed that the Christmas
decorations are up and Santa and his photographer are enthroned with the kids and parents
lined up to see them. The complaint about early and oppressive holiday retail is a holiday
tradition in itself. I did have this additional thought. Children have an elongated sense of
time. To kids, two months are like six months or more. Time passes very slowly and then speeds
up more and more as we age until Christmases and other holidays seem about a week apart.
For a nine year old, having Christmas last a month and a half or more, in celebration and
anticipation, seems pretty stressful. I wonder if it saps the fun, in addition to making the lists
of merchandise too central. This complaint is an old, old hobby horse, and the holiday sales
are a hinge pin of the economy. Maybe we should just have a permanent Christmas (and other
holiday) season that just goes on an on. Just kidding. But that is somewhat happening. The
Peterson Christmas pipes were out well before Halloween!
decorations are up and Santa and his photographer are enthroned with the kids and parents
lined up to see them. The complaint about early and oppressive holiday retail is a holiday
tradition in itself. I did have this additional thought. Children have an elongated sense of
time. To kids, two months are like six months or more. Time passes very slowly and then speeds
up more and more as we age until Christmases and other holidays seem about a week apart.
For a nine year old, having Christmas last a month and a half or more, in celebration and
anticipation, seems pretty stressful. I wonder if it saps the fun, in addition to making the lists
of merchandise too central. This complaint is an old, old hobby horse, and the holiday sales
are a hinge pin of the economy. Maybe we should just have a permanent Christmas (and other
holiday) season that just goes on an on. Just kidding. But that is somewhat happening. The
Peterson Christmas pipes were out well before Halloween!