Tis the Season

Well, we have made it through 'black friday'. I can't help but wonder how many retailers actually made it into the black this year.

Halloween seemed to hang on a little longer than usual this year with the release of Twilight and the popularity of True Blood resulting in an extra pop of vampire fang sales. Not that vampires aren't always popular year round, but we've been seeing them everywhere this year. Having grown up in North Louisiana, I am a big Charlaine Harris fan myself. I have yet to check out the Twilight series.

After all the gore of Halloween (plus the extra fright of the 2008 stock market crash), it is nice to be seeing the cheerful Christmas costumes. Back in the day, you just saw Santa in his traditional red Santa Suit suit (or possibly a Victorian Santa if you were at a Dickens festival). He was accompanied by a matronly looking Mrs. Santa in her own long red dress.

Ahh, the good ole days.

What are we seeing now? Lots of Santa suits, fer sure. But for every Santa there seem to be a dozen Santa's Little Helper's. We're not talking the matronly type or short guys with pointy ears, either. Nope. Ms. Santa has updated her look and it is all glam - mini skirts, bikini sets, candy cane thigh highs - sexy Santa's everywhere!

Not that we aren't enjoying the show, but somehow it just seems wrong when red Christmas pushup bras are out-selling the traditional Nativity costumes - little shepherd boy, where are you?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!