I am disappointed at the retail industry. Halloween
not even over, we look towards the next major holiday - Christmas.
However, I always held the belief that there is one very important day
that falls between Halloween and Christmas - Remembrance Day - November
11th.
You go into any retail store today and they are all displaying some kind
of Christmas motif. Some VERY tacky decorations at that (Superstore and
Westfair comes to mind here). I find this insulting to those that gave
their lives in the various wars so that we could be free and live in a
free world.
My belief is that there should be NO CHRISTMAS decorations of ANY kind
(including lights on private houses), PRIOR to the end of the 11th hour
of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Sure, folks are wearing poppies, but do they stop to think of why they
are wearing them? It's not to glamorize the war - nor that war is the
way to peace, but rather to HONOUR fellow citizens that gave the
ultimate sacrifice - they gave their lives so that WE CAN be free.
Lets start a movement - It's easy - go into the store, ask to see the
management and tell them of your displeasure of the
decorations/Christmas stock set up prior to Remembrance Day.
It's time we taught them a lesson. Without the Veterans, the stores themselves may not even exist!
I salute our war dead. That is why I shall wear my poppy and why I will
remain displeased about decorating stores PRIOR to November 11th.
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