The day after Halloween,before we’d even removed all the pretend fear, Christmas is starting, carols are starting, earlier and earlier each year.
People say they respect soldiers and veterans, but instead of respect – Christmas everywhere?!?
Everyone down in malls, the tall and the small,
will stand close together, Christmas sales ringing,
waiting in line, their credit cards zinging!
They spend! And they spend! And they spend!
They’ll spend on tablets! They’ll spend on smartphones!
They’ll spend on toys, clothes, TVs, and even on drones!
Instead of contentment and helping where we can,
filling our hearts with tech, plastic, chemicals, what a plan!
Stop for a moment, look at a soldier.
Dressed all in honour, from foot to head, Poppy on their heart, to remember the brave dead.
The box of poppies sits below a chest full of medals,
honouring the past with each poppy they sell. Christmas isn’t before Veterans Day. Christmas isn’t before Remembrance Day. Christmas is in December.
It begins on the 1st, No, not of November! Christmas blaring through the stores. Christmas decorations, ads, displays.
Crass and disrespectful.
To soldiers fighting.
Families who lost soldiers.
Soldiers who fought for us.
Shop all year round if you must, Black Friday, Cyber Monday,
Months of sales!
Leave Christmas until December, Remember.
Can’t we wait for Christmas until after we’ve honoured our soldiers?
If we showed more respect to our soldiers and our veterans,
we might make our governments show them more respect as well.
How sweet, and thank you. I’ll pass on to my dad,my brother in law, and my Hubs! We’re all vets! My hubs is the loopy one, he has jumped out of perfectly good aircraft! Airborne Ranger! BooYah! 😀
xoxoxo <3
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Please do, my best regards to all!!!
Amazing, simply amazing. 🙂
Hugs, xoxox
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Thank you, you are very kind! 😀 xoxo hugs
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🙂 Hugs xoxo 🙂
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We could keep this up… you remember the kind chipmunks from disney? “Oh no whatever you want.” “No no I insist.” LOL 😀
xoxo 😉
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Oh no, now I have Chipmunks songs going through my head…what have you done?!? hehee
My Dad was a veteran in Italy. Veterans were at the hospital that I worked at. They had lots of problems after the war. A veteran should be respected and a poppy should be worn for them One day a year is a small thing we can do for them.
Oh it begins before November… The past few years i see Christmas sales and decorations on and off as early as June! Then October 1st they really pick up steam… and by then i’m already sick of it. All too often receivers are thoughtless returners, and givers are thoughtless givers.
>(A “friend” in her 30’s complained that her mother had given her a dozen articles of clothing that just wouldn’t do. “Well, Jane will just have to stand in line all day to return these for something better,” she said. And her mother has a spine covered with bone spurs — it’s agony for her to sand in line, i pointed out. “Well, Jane could just say no,” she dismissed the thought.
>Once a coworker gave me a bagful of avon and even as she handed it to me, she said “I know you’re allergic to all this.” Me? Why of course i was polite. “Oh, it’s the thought that counts,” i assured her. Snort-ha.) 😈
Christmas has become a season of months and a reason to buy…buy…buy without even thinking of why, why, why.
Thanks Teagan, a sad thought, but wise words. 🙂
Donna, if we honored the real meaning of Christmas our veterans would automatically be honored and our hearts would be full of thankfulness for each one of them.
Oh wow, thank you so much, Kathleen – I was out and about yesterday and everywhere, Christmas decorations, gifts, music and on TV, Christmas movies, I don’t know why we can’t wait until after Remembrance Day, although we should honour our brave soldiers every day. I’m so pleased this will be on #BloggersPitStop – I look forward to seeing it and thank you so much. 🙂
Thank you so much, laldies, for featuring my post in this latest #BloggersPitStop – I wish we could go back to a time when Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, indeed soldiers and veterans where honoured, they cannot even have a day where Christmas is splashed everywhere.
Thank you so much, I feel so thrilled to be featured on the astonishing #BloggersPitStop – just when you think it can’t get any better, every week you outdo yourselves – I can’t say thank you enough and this post is near and dear to my heart. Hope the week ahead treats everyone kindly. 🙂 xoxox
I’ve just written a post about Remembrance Day and it is easy to focus on Halloween and Christmas and forget to reflect on how lucky we are to have our freedom because of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Thank you kindly for the reblog, Ian, very nice of you to stop by and to share my trying so hard to be positive right now although it’s a strain especially after hearing about the passing of Leonard Cohen on top of everything else! 🙂
Hope the week ahead treats you well. 🙂
Sorry to get here so late, Ian, it turned out to be an unexpectedly busy weekend (but not in a bad way) and I’m finally catching up or at least trying to. How has your weekend been? Great, I hope.
Thank you so very much for reblogging this, I appreciate it.
Hope the week ahead is wonder-filled. 🙂
Thank you so much, you’re all too too kind. 🙂
I really don’t know how you do this every week, but I can’t wait for the next one.
Sadly I’m having trouble remembering to check my comments in the ‘new’ way WordPress has them, it was so easy before it was on my main screen, sigh, yup, they really do believe in the ‘if it ain’t broke, break it’ approach. 😉
Thank you for helping bloggers connect in this giant virtual haystack, I don’t know what I’d do without you all. 🙂
Hope this week is treating you all well. 🙂
Thank you for the mention, Danny and wow, I’m in good company, I visited everyone, the dear old blogging friends and made a bunch of new blogging friends. Thank you for connecting us, finding each other in this giant virtual haystack can be difficult.
Hope this weekend is treating you kindly. 🙂 Big hugs xox
Retailers want to maximize their Christmas shopping window of opportunity.
At ANY cost.
Morality be damned.
Kinda gives you a warm glow in the sub-cockle area, don’t it?
It’s disgusting and disrespectful, isn’t it? And a longer shopping window just encourages people to overspend and often people who can’t afford it. Warm glow more like slow burn. Sad.
but instead of respect – Christmas everywhere?!?
No, not of November!
As a Veteran, thank you! xoxo
You’re welcome, but most sincerely, Thank you. Hugs, Donna xoxo
How sweet, and thank you. I’ll pass on to my dad,my brother in law, and my Hubs! We’re all vets! My hubs is the loopy one, he has jumped out of perfectly good aircraft! Airborne Ranger! BooYah! 😀
xoxoxo <3
Please do, my best regards to all!!!
Amazing, simply amazing. 🙂
Hugs, xoxox
Thank you, you are very kind! 😀 xoxo hugs
🙂 Hugs xoxo 🙂
We could keep this up… you remember the kind chipmunks from disney? “Oh no whatever you want.” “No no I insist.” LOL 😀
xoxo 😉
Oh no, now I have Chipmunks songs going through my head…what have you done?!? hehee
Love this post!
Thank you. 🙂
I wish there were a “love” button. Like is too pale of a word to express how much I agree with this post!
Thank you Trisha. 🙂
Thank you for writing this. It needed to be said.
Thank you and thank you for sharing it. It’s too easy in this super fast world to forget what’s really important. 🙂
Hear, hear!
🙂
So very well said. Christmas the day after Hallowe’en is just wrong … but you defined why it matters!!
Thank you and thanks for dropping by. 🙂
My Dad was a veteran in Italy. Veterans were at the hospital that I worked at. They had lots of problems after the war. A veteran should be respected and a poppy should be worn for them One day a year is a small thing we can do for them.
Yes, it is the very least we can do. Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Oh it begins before November… The past few years i see Christmas sales and decorations on and off as early as June! Then October 1st they really pick up steam… and by then i’m already sick of it. All too often receivers are thoughtless returners, and givers are thoughtless givers.
>(A “friend” in her 30’s complained that her mother had given her a dozen articles of clothing that just wouldn’t do. “Well, Jane will just have to stand in line all day to return these for something better,” she said. And her mother has a spine covered with bone spurs — it’s agony for her to sand in line, i pointed out. “Well, Jane could just say no,” she dismissed the thought.
>Once a coworker gave me a bagful of avon and even as she handed it to me, she said “I know you’re allergic to all this.” Me? Why of course i was polite. “Oh, it’s the thought that counts,” i assured her. Snort-ha.) 😈
Christmas has become a season of months and a reason to buy…buy…buy without even thinking of why, why, why.
Thanks Teagan, a sad thought, but wise words. 🙂
Absolutely we should show our solders and veterans more respect. What’s happening to this country.
It’s easier to pretend respect than to actually give it, sadly.
oh yes!
🙂
Donna, if we honored the real meaning of Christmas our veterans would automatically be honored and our hearts would be full of thankfulness for each one of them.
How very true, Kathleen, they should be honoured all the year long. 🙂
Hey Hey Donna, the Pit Stop Crew are going to feature this post on Friday
Kathleen
Bloggers Pit Stop
Oh wow, thank you so much, Kathleen – I was out and about yesterday and everywhere, Christmas decorations, gifts, music and on TV, Christmas movies, I don’t know why we can’t wait until after Remembrance Day, although we should honour our brave soldiers every day. I’m so pleased this will be on #BloggersPitStop – I look forward to seeing it and thank you so much. 🙂
Thank you so much, laldies, for featuring my post in this latest #BloggersPitStop – I wish we could go back to a time when Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, indeed soldiers and veterans where honoured, they cannot even have a day where Christmas is splashed everywhere.
Thank you so much, I feel so thrilled to be featured on the astonishing #BloggersPitStop – just when you think it can’t get any better, every week you outdo yourselves – I can’t say thank you enough and this post is near and dear to my heart. Hope the week ahead treats everyone kindly. 🙂 xoxox
I’ve just written a post about Remembrance Day and it is easy to focus on Halloween and Christmas and forget to reflect on how lucky we are to have our freedom because of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
I just wish they’d wait until at least November 12th to start with the Christmas stuff, out of respect for those who fought, who died for our freedom.
Thank you kindly for the reblog, Ian, very nice of you to stop by and to share my trying so hard to be positive right now although it’s a strain especially after hearing about the passing of Leonard Cohen on top of everything else! 🙂
Hope the week ahead treats you well. 🙂
Well put Donna. Can we start checking out Christmas Deals after remembrance day though?
Thanks for sharing at the Pit Stop
~Julie Syl Pit Stop Crew
Yes, right after. Joyfully and triumphantly. 😉
Always love it at #BloggersPitStop
Sorry to get here so late, Ian, it turned out to be an unexpectedly busy weekend (but not in a bad way) and I’m finally catching up or at least trying to. How has your weekend been? Great, I hope.
Thank you so very much for reblogging this, I appreciate it.
Hope the week ahead is wonder-filled. 🙂
Thank you so much, you’re all too too kind. 🙂
I really don’t know how you do this every week, but I can’t wait for the next one.
Sadly I’m having trouble remembering to check my comments in the ‘new’ way WordPress has them, it was so easy before it was on my main screen, sigh, yup, they really do believe in the ‘if it ain’t broke, break it’ approach. 😉
Thank you for helping bloggers connect in this giant virtual haystack, I don’t know what I’d do without you all. 🙂
Hope this week is treating you all well. 🙂
Wow! Thank you so much for featuring my posts. So kind of you, hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
Wow! Thank you so much for featuring my posts. So kind of you, hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
Wow! Thank you so much for featuring my posts. So kind of you, hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
Thank you for the mention, Danny and wow, I’m in good company, I visited everyone, the dear old blogging friends and made a bunch of new blogging friends. Thank you for connecting us, finding each other in this giant virtual haystack can be difficult.
Hope this weekend is treating you kindly. 🙂 Big hugs xox
Retailers want to maximize their Christmas shopping window of opportunity.
At ANY cost.
Morality be damned.
Kinda gives you a warm glow in the sub-cockle area, don’t it?
It’s disgusting and disrespectful, isn’t it? And a longer shopping window just encourages people to overspend and often people who can’t afford it. Warm glow more like slow burn. Sad.
It is indeed.
I’d sigh but what’s the point, just more energy used. 😉
YES!!!! So many reasons to honor those who served! #trafficjam
It’s about respect. 🙂