Coffee For Your Soul

Holiday issues.  Everybody has them.  Even you.  There's something that you don't like about the holidays and you need to find a way to either get over it or deal with it.  So what is it for you?  Consumerism.  Crowds.  Misplaced priorities.  What? In early August, our local grocery store had Halloween candy on the shelves.  That's a little too early for me.  By September, there were a few shelves of Thanksgiving decorations.  By the end of September, the shelves were competing with early Christmas decorations.  C'mon people.  This is not what it's about.  At least, not for me. This is what depresses me about the holiday seasons.  It shouldn't but it does.  Too much stuff, too soon, too commercial. I know I'm not alone in this thought process.  It bleeds far beyond the Christmas season.  Consider it a year-round problem. Yes, I understand that some businesses rely heavily on the October through January holid