text: Yes, I do not buy into this "war on Christmas", it seems to me that Christmas celebrations are everywhere...and earlier. If a store wants to say Happy Holidays, then I think that is great, they are wishing everyone a good holiday whether they are Christian or not. I am not a big lover of more stuff, so I have scaled back on that over the years, and hope to have a more quiet Advent by adding more prayer time, more reading of real books, not the internet, and less news. Less is more. As for waiting on the tree...no thank you. I love sitting and looking at the lights, it is very relaxing to me. Happy Holidays everyone...oh and Merry Christmas!