Every year, the Christmas displays went up earlier and earlier. He didn’t mind, exactly, but he worried that folks were entering the holidays with the wrong spirit.
The town had had an influx of new residents, many with more diverse backgrounds, and there had been a push by some residents to keep the town’s ‘traditional values.’ The decorations felt less like a celebration and more of a declaration of intent.
Retailers were pushing things forward too, bringing out plastic candy canes and strings of lights earlier every year.
Was it so much to ask to leave space for Independence Day?

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