Christmas Emoticon Prose

It’s
Beginning
To look a lot
Like Christmas
Unfortunately. Stores
Can’t wait to get their
            
Grimy paws on our money
So they bring out the decorations
Even before Halloween! You can’t
Even buy a pumpkin carving kit without
Seeing a grotesque parody of Saint Nick
Staring eerily at you from somewhere near.
                                    
I mean, come on. At LEAST wait until the
Halloween decorations are fully up. I remember
When I was little, Stores didn’t even put Christmas
Decorations out until the second week in November
My mom told me when she was little, no one even thought
About Christmas until Thanksgiving was over! Imagine that,
                                             
A Halloween and Thanksgiving that wasn’t overshadowed by
Commercialism. Oh for the good old days! Perhaps in my kids
Generation, things will change. I highly doubt this, though. Anyway,
Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year! Now where are those
                                                   
Fourth
Of July
Décor
Ations?