Surviving the Domestic Jungle

What happened to Thanksgiving? Has it grown legs and walked away??? The amount of Christmas stuff up is ridiculous! I walk through my neighborhood every night (its hard but I’m keeping up the routine!) and there are pumpkins, scarecrows and fake corn on wreaths and there are also Santa’s and Christmas lights and I’m not sure what is going on and why we have forgotten about the ever awesome Thanksgiving? Now I love Christmas decorations just like the next person (taking them down I HATE) but I feel like we need to give each holiday its own attention. I actually saw a Christmas tree in one of the neighbors windows! That tree is going to be up for quite sometime! I usually set mine up around the 1st of December which is early in my family! My mom is the classic Christmas eve tree decorator and shopper! She was great about it when we were kids but now that we are grown ups, she has slacked off a little. One year on Christmas eve when she was claiming to be Jewish (my step dad is so I guess she can get away with it) there was no tree so I being the ever resourceful person I am, went into her yard and pulled in one of her big Sago Palm trees and decorated it with some white lights! It was a very Texas Christmas! Now that she has 5 granddaughters and a grandson on the way, she better step up the Christmas decor! I just feel like Thanksgiving is fading into the background and it really is a special time and a special holiday. Christmas is the better holiday but still lets not forget about Thanksgiving! It wants attention to so hold off on all you Santa statues and embrace your pumpkins, squashes and corn!!