'Waiting, Hope'

We don’t like to wait, do we? I mean, we Americans. And especially when it comes to Christmas.

Wait till the night of Dec. 24 to start celebrating Christmas? No way! So the Christmas catalogues started coming – when, the day after Labor Day? Then came the Christmas movies, some came out Nov. 4.

The Christmas radio stations: “Santa Baby” was “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree” already a couple of weeks ago. And the TV specials are on: “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.” The list goes on.

And then there’s the Christmas shopping. Oh, the shopping! Can’t wait to get going on that! Black Friday spec...