Enjoy Thanksgiving

As I'm writing this, it is the night before Thanksgiving.  In fact, we just watched "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" with the kids.  (A great special, even though it's disturbing that Woodstock eats turkey at the end.)

Last weekend, we were in the car and discovered that two local radio stations had already switched to 24-hour Christmas music.  I find this to be highly inappropriate; Thanksgiving should be celebrated and enjoyed before people's attention shifts to Christmas.  To add to the problem, each year the stations that do this switch back to regular programming at some point on December 25th; they don't even celebrate Christmas in its entirety.  I think that this is a symptom of a larger problem that we have in our society.  We are too quick to move on to the next "big thing".  Anyone who tries to buy a bathing suit in August is familiar with this phenomenon - the stores have already switched to autumn and winter clothes.  We are losing our ability to live in and enjoy the moment.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, I urge everyone to take a deep breath and savor the present.  There will still be plenty of time to decorate, shop and get ready for Christmas.  Just don't lose one holiday in the rush to get to then next one.