A reader wrote about the Nov. 1 Christmas season kickoff as one radio station continually plays holiday music ( “Not Christmastime” ). Deck the halls! Hang your stockings! Here comes another one.

I like Christmas as many people do, but in its own time and place on the calendar. Of course, we all know the “Christmas rush” is driven by greed and commercialism.

But on deeper reflection, it seems to me that people want to feel happy and rely on an external stimulus. So if we start Christmas sooner, we’ll be happier. Right? Not so. Happiness is within reach each day, each moment, each breath. Of course, we all deal with sadness, which is a part of life. But we don’t need Halloween, Christmas, Easter or any holiday in excess to make us feel happy. Has it come to this?

Let us all pause and r

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