The holidays are right around the corner! We all know because a calendar tells us the dates, but what other signs are there?
1. Light Up Night
Anyone that lives around Pittsburgh knows about Light Up Night, the night that all of the lights and trees are lit up downtown. The beautiful lights are a sure sign that the holidays are coming up!
2. Christmas commercials
Every other commercial on TV is all about Christmas. That’s it. If it’s a car commercial, they throw snow and Christmas hats on everyone and everything. If it’s a soda commercial, add some polar bears or penguins. TV is constantly reminding us that Christmas is 3 months away.
3. Changing store decorations
The day of Halloween, I walked into to Target and, yes, they were already setting up for Christmas. Everything was being decorated and it really made Christmas seem closer than it actually was.
4. Weather changes
The changing weather is usually only a big deal up North. The South has some weather changes, but living in Arizona, Florida, and Texas for most of my life has made me forget how low the temperature can actually get. I can’t even remember the last time I’ve been in anything lower than 20 degrees! Snow and rapidly dropping temperatures are both great indicators of the winter holidays!
(Texas: The day we got out of school because of ice.)
5. “What was that thing you mentioned you really wanted a month or two ago?” “Why?” “No reason.”
If you hear these words in the last few months of the year, you know everyone is preparing for Christmas and you know exactly what you are getting!