The holiday season is what I most look forward to. I enjoy Thanksgiving and Halloween thoroughly when they come around, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to soak it in when the world pushes the next holiday onto us before we can start celebrating the previous one. Stores whip out fake Christmas trees and advent calendars, as Justin Bieber’s Christmas album echoes on every loudspeaker before we can say trick-or-treat. It’s just too much, too fast.
It angers me how ignorance is reflected toward Remembrance Day. We wouldn’t be here and be able to celebrate if it weren’t for the soldiers who fought for our freedom.
I’m not trying to be a scrooge, because I too love Christmas, but pushing it into our community before Nov. 11 is disrespectful. By all means, get into the Christmas spirit, but I implore everyone to refrain from acknowledging it publicly until after Remembrance Day.
Veronica is a Staff Writer at The Cascade. She loves to travel and explore new places, no matter how big or small. She is in her second year at UFV, pursuing the study of Creative
Writing.
