At the rate people are decorating, leaves will melt off the Christmas trees next year. Decorations are flying off the shelves faster than pumpkins, and there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the date of the holiday. When celebrating, it seems most logical to celebrate the holiday you are experiencing at that time of the year, but that is not the case.

No one is the Grinch – you can’t steal Christmas since it isn’t in October. Halloween is one of the most decorative holidays, so holding back for one more month would be much appreciated. Stringing up your lights in November is considered socially acceptable, as Thanksgiving isn’t particularly decorative. However, decoration overload devalues Turkey Day, making Christmas entirely underwhelming.

It is challenging to be excited about celebrating Thanksgiving when there are Christmas decorations at every turn. While it is the “holiday season,” it still makes the most sense to split up the holidays so people can appreciate each one equally. Celebrating Christmas for months doesn’t amount to a significant amount of seasonal excitement; it just makes the day more underwhelming since everyone spent the last two months creating unrealistic expectations.

While negators of early holiday decorating may end up with coal in their stocking this year, they don’t mean to extinguish anyone’s excitement for Christmas. People should do every holiday justice – imagine a world where every holiday has its set period where it is appreciated instead of becoming overlapped by another.

Christmas is a significant holiday to many and deserves its rightful celebration, not overlapping with other festivities. If we were to spread Christmas cheer in the appropriate timeframe collectively, presents under the tree would shine even brighter, music would sound more cheerful, and Christmas Eve cookies would taste that much sweeter. Anticipation and suspense are essential to holiday enjoyment, so let’s wait until November to put up our twinkling lights, Dubs.