It seems some complain about the lights of celebration, but should they?

During the fall, we listen to weekly Friday night football games in the community stadium with the frequent BOOM of the cannon whenever we get a touch down, not to mention the BLAZING lights of the stadium while the game is going on and on into the night while the cleanup crew work to prevent people’s trash from being blown through the neighborhood. Not complaining, just a comparison.

During all seasons we listen to boom-boom base rapping up and down the streets from the hoodlam’s boomboxes slung over their shoulders or strapped into their cars with all the windows down.

Sports tournaments take over all the local radio stations and disrupt traffic through a small town where their sporty parades fill up mainstreet three or four days out of the year. Life stops here if we go to state, the majority of the businesses close down and people call off work so they can attend the state championships.

These are NOT complaints. I wouldn’t change a single event. I love them all.

But… Christmas lights, even blinking ones that run all night, Christmas Carols and music in the neighbors yard is simply a method of people sharing their holiday. What’s wrong with a little Christmas spirit in these days of economic stress? If you’re jealous, ask for some help to decorate  your yard. If you prefer to celebrate a different holiday, go for it!

It’s called freedom.

Don’t put bleach in the peanut butter unless it’s your sandwich. Everyone has their own means of celebration and we should seriously celebrate life rather than torturing each other with mean spirited picky behavior.

The funnies thing is, those who are quickest to condemn the Christmas Light Celebration probably sport a Tolerance Bumper Sticker on their car… Yeah, that works.