Halloween
has just passed. Thanksgiving is still a couple of weeks away. And the New
Year? Well, that depends which calendar you're looking at!
Visit any mall or big box store, however, and you'd swear, perhaps quite
literally, that it was Christmas eve. The garland is hanging. The glitter and
glitz is spangled. The sleigh awaits Santa's tufted tuchas. And, oh yes, the
Christmas music (I'd say "holiday," but I don't hear too many
Chanukah songs blaring over the speakers at Macy*s) plays 24/7, beckoning -- or
is it "annoying?" -- shoppers, who are moved to either buy their
stocking stuffers before the leaves have fallen off the trees or, better yet,
to shop online, from the comfort of their easy chairs, sans "Come All
Ye Faithful."
With
this, an ode to the season -- or next season, or the Independence Day Sale to
be held in March. Read on:
Deck The Shuls With Loaves Of Challah
‘Twas the
night before Halloween
And all
through the malls
Visions
of Sugar Plums
festooned
the walls
Ghouls
and goblins
Were nary
in sight
Yet
holiday music
Blared
through the night
Christmas
is but one day
Chanukah
is eight
Where are
the dreydels?
Are we
too late?
Holiday shoppers
A
retailer’s dream
Still
listening to Jingle Bells
Is making
us scream
If we
celebrate Christmas
Nearly
two months away
Let’s at
least give a nod to Chanukah
Come
Valentine’s Day
On Jacob,
on Moses
On all
Maccabees
We’ll
light the Menorah
When they
put up those trees
Oh, we’re
not complaining
Who are
we to kvetch?
But face
it, October?
What’s
with the Creche?
The
season once kicked off
With the
Macy*s Parade
Santa Ho-Hoing
A sleigh
bell serenade
Now it is
Christmas
Just
South of July
Angst
among parents
A
collective, “Oh my!”
So here’s
to good tidings
A healthy
new year we pray
Happy
Chanukah to all
And to
all an Oy Vey!
Now, it is my
pleasure, if not distinct honor, to be among the first to wish you a Happy
Valentine's Day, a ziesen Pesach, and a reflective Memorial Day. And may you be
inscribed in the Book of Life -- as well as on Santa's List of who's been good
-- for 5773 and beyond!
See you in The Bulletin!
Seth D. Bykofsky, Editor, Webmaster,
Tweetmeister & Honorary Scrooge
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