ONE HOLIDAY AT A TIME

As of today, Halloween is twenty-one days away.  Thanksgiving is forty-seven days away and Christmas seventy-six.  Yes people are already posting how many days till Christmas on social media.  I like to take holidays, one at a time.  Presently I am celebrating the season of Halloween.  The fall is a fun season for me.  Although living now in the south, I can honestly say I miss fall; not the cold days but the days of Indian Summer.  I enjoy seeing Mother Nature’s handiwork as she paints the trees with brilliants shades of burgundy, orange, gold, yellow and red.  The fallen leaves make a colorful carpet on the ground that eventually will turn to dark brown.  Living up north, I always enjoyed going to a farmer stand for apples and fresh made apple cider.  Visiting a haunted house or barn, going on a haunted hay ride and walking through a haunted maze were fun activities.  My favorite colors to wear during the Halloween season, black and orange or black and yellow.  Candy corn reigns supreme as the sweet confectionary treat.  As I grew older, I can only eat twenty pieces.  I recently pondered what one could do with left over candy corn.  Low and behold, internet research provided many interesting ideas from using candy corn to make adult beverages to using the candy for baking and craft items.  There is even a wacky/weird holiday on October 30 called National Candy Corn Day.  This seems like a fun activity for me to pass out bags of candy corn at one of the veteran’s clubs where I hold membership.  Everyone enjoys getting a little something for free, so why not make it a reason to celebrate.  I only hope I can find an appropriate outfit for the celebration.

As many stores are already or have been displaying their Christmas items, we should remember that fall holds many other holidays.  October brings us Columbus Day, National Candy Corn Day and Halloween.  November not only brings us Thanksgiving but we have Veteran’s Day which will be in thirty-two days; Pearl Harbor Day, December is only fifty-eight days from today and the Army-Navy football game sixty-three days. 
As I previous mentioned, I am taking ONE HOLIDAY at a time.

 The merchants need to take it, one holiday at a time.  Yesterday while out shopping I noticed employees setting up Christmas items in the same area where I seen ghosts, pumpkins, witches and black cats.  I had hoped to find a turkey, Indian or Pilgrim item, but none to be had.  We all live in a fast paced world, but we just need to stop, take a deep breath once in a while and smell the roses, or in this case since it is Halloween Season, the candy corn.  November first, put away those ghosts, goblins, witches and zombies bring out the Indians, Pilgrims, Capricornia and turkeys; leave the pumpkins and scarecrows out for Thanksgiving.  Don’t forget on November 11th to proudly fly your flag in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Till next time…dress up on October 31st in a costume, pour a glass of apple cider, have a few pumpkin flavored or apple-caramel donuts and eat some candy corn.