Holiday Season already? 

Holiday Season already?

So I was at a mall in Atlanta the other day, and I noticed something strange. In the world of shopping 2 major (well kinda big at least) holidays are totally overlooked. Malls completely erase Halloween and Thanksgiving from the calendar. Now, Thanksgiving is a fake holiday anyhow, so I respect their decision on that one. But, Halloween is like freakin awesome! I mean why cant the malls get into Halloween like everyone else? Christmas is not for 2 full months. If you are already doing Christmas shopping then you need to slow it down homie!

I guess that I should be flattered that the mainstream secular world has gone to such great lengths to embrace the birth of Jesus. I mean at my church we only celebrate during advent. Thats not good enough for the malls though. They want people to think about Jesus from mid October right up until new years! That is totally respectable!

It is a little biased though. I mean the pagan holiday of Halloween is totally neglected in favor of my religion. Thats not really fair is it? Come to think of it... all the big commercial holidays are Christian ones. And, if you want to get technical they share the same name and calendar date, but that is it. I dont remember reading in the book of Mathew about a fat man who drives a sleigh pulled by flying livestock.

Easter is the same way. Who the freak decided that holiday could be celebrated by egg laying vermin that come into our houses while we sleep and deposit large brown eggs? I think someone at the card company made a bet that he couldnt dupe the world into celebrating a holiday based on rabbits taking dumps in our homes while we sleep. There must have been bonus points for passing it off as a religious holiday. Either way you look at it, something is odd.

In fairness, where are the Jewish commercial holidays? I guess the holiday inventors knew that Jews were kinda tight with their money, and probably wouldnt pay up for some silly commercial make believe. But still what if they were marketed like Christian Holidays? There could be a Hanukah turtle that carries a shell full of dradles, and matza. What about some Arab commercial rip off holidays? Where is the Ramadan fairy?

In any case it is almost Halloween. The malls may have forgotten about it. It might be an evil holiday. But, I just have one thing to say about it. Satan... this ones for you buddy!