The Twiginess of the Holidays!

On Friday I entered a Rite-Aid. I was searching for this...



My wife is in love with Zachary Quinto, and while she prefers Star Wars, we both are big Star Trek fans. I didn't find the magazine...but I did find Twigitainment Weekly.

Rite-Aid had its Halloween items on sale. 33% off.

Whut?

Let me check the calender...Let's see...Friday was October 17. Halloween is on October 31. 14 days away...Exactly 2 weeks.

Why is Rite-Aid selling its Halloween items with two weeks until the actual holiday? Well, there were Christmas items encroaching on Halloween items. There were boxes of Christmas stuff waiting to be unpacked.

I'm sorry. No.

See, will Christmas items be put o sale and moved off of shelves to make room for New Years hats?

I find the movement of Christmas purchase items earlier and earlier to be grotesque. I love Christmas, don't get me wrong. But if Christmas is about family, and Jesus's birth, and compassion for all man, then why is it necessary to start selling Christmas items 70 days before the holiday? I don't put up Christmas decorations before the day after Thanksgiving. I don't listen to Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. That's how I grew up. That's tradition. Spending money now on Christmas is not going to make my Christmas better. I'm going to celebrate Halloween. Have a great time. I'm going to then celebrate Thanksgiving. I'll enjoy it. Then I will look to Christmas.

Halloween is the second most successfully marketed holiday. Christmas is #1. If we start letting Christmas blur over both Thanksgiving and Halloween, then we're going to start loosing those holidays and those traditions. Then only the marketers win, because they've turned their largest sales season into two months of sales, and we'll have lost two holidays linked to our cultural heritage.

I'm sorry

The Cost of Respect

Ah, Election Year...Poli-twiging roung the clock...McCain actually says to a crowd of supporters that he respects Obama...Says voters don't have to be afraid of an Obama presidency (I would have added, "Not with me running against him.")...and his supporters boo...someone calls him a traitor...Whut tha Twigi?

You know, when did respect for an opponent become a bad thing? My vote is still up for sale, but McCain went up a notch with this comment. Now, I'm sure plenty of McCain opponents are saying that it's just a line, but it's got a strand of truth to it...not necessarily McCain truth, because if it's just a line, then it's not truth, but a universal truth...Politics shouldn't be personal and it shouldn't be disrespectful...it should be opinions and respectful discourse.

Presidential Tees

It's still a month away from the presidential election, and if you find the debates, mud-slinging, I can do anything you can do better-ing silly, annoying, and just plain twigi, the good people at Attack of the Radioactive Tees have released their lol presidential candidate shirts features John McCain and Barack Obama...

Both candidates ask, "i can haz prezdenci?"





Or if you find the vice-presidential candidates more fun, then try out their Biden: Political Historian design featuring Biden and his quote about the stock market, Roosevelt, and television...



Or Attack of the Radioactive Tees' Palin: International Diplomat shirt featuring Sarah Palin and her proud proclamation about Alaska's proximity to Russia...



All designs are available in several colors and styles and can be found on several different items as well. There's still a month to go! Get them while they last!