What in the world am I talking about today with a headline like that? Is he talking about an "itchy trigger finger"? "Jock itch"? "Hemorrhoidal itch"? "The seven year itch". Too many things that you don't want to know the answer to and I am thankful to tell you, none of the above. Whew! To your relief and mine.
The itch I am talking about is this. To decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving or not? That is the question. If you walked into any box store before Halloween, you would have seen them fully decorated for Christmas. So who would blame us if we were to do that also? I'm sure there are lots of people already doing it. We are being brainwashed by big corporations and China to do so. (I included China because everything is made in China.)
Funny story about that. The summer Lisa and I worked in Yellowstone at a gift shop in Tower Falls, bus loads of Chinese tourists would stop and so many times they would come up to the cashiers and ask us if we had any souvenirs that were not made in China. True story. I can just picture it though. You're a Chinese person on vacation in America. You get home and find out that all of your trinkets come from China. LOL!
Sorry, I got off topic.We have movie streaming services now. When we go to the movie lists, there are more and more Christmas movies being added. We had the grand kids stay over with us last weekend and do you know what movie they picked to watch for our "Pops"corn party. The Grinch. I texted a friend of mine who shall remain nameless to protect his identity. I asked what he was doing and he said the family was watching the Hallmark Channel. So I went to the "Google" to see Hallmarks schedule of movies. I include a sample in the following pictures.
How can we fight the "ITCH" to not decorate and start the holiday season a month early. Don't get me wrong. I love Christmas. In fact as I write this I am listening to Christmas music on Pandora. Trans-Siberian Orchestra to be exact. My favorite. I also like the classics like Bing, Elvis, Vince Guarldi and so many more. Even a little Mariah Carey thrown in.
Our tradition growing up as kids was that we had to wait until after Thanksgiving and I continue that even today. Music isn't decorating, right? I can get away with the music part while Lisa is working. She would pop a gasket if she heard me listening to Christmas music right now. So don't tell her.
I remember as a kid, we would get the Sears, JC Penny and Montgomery Wards Christmas catalogs. I would spend hours looking at the toys and toys and toys. Circling almost everything in the pages and then leaving it on the coffee table with hopes that my parents would page through them. Those were actually "the good ole days". We just didn't know it.
Kitten news. We have decided on a name for the new kitten. It is Stinky. Her formal name is Lady Stinksalot. She will also answer to Stinkus, Stinky Baby, Sweety, Wild thing and of course, Hey You. Stinky and Moose (who's nickname is Mr. Moo) get along well. He really wants to play with her but he is a big lummox and is a little rough with her. Journey (her nickname is Floofy McFloofin) on the other hand doesn't want anything to do with her. She will let the kitten know when she gets too close. She lets out an evil hiss and the kitten will then go a different direction.
