So I’m contemplating putting my tree up on the weekend. Yep, over a month before the big day. For one reason or another we haven’t had a tree up in three years. But I have to agree with those who suggest Christmas and holiday lights should be put on hold until after Remembrance Day. I say holiday because there is actually more than one culture that has a significant holiday in the same time frame. Bodhi Day is a Buddhist holiday in December, Kwanzaa which starts on December 26th is a seven-day Pan-African and African-American cultural festival celebrating family, community, and they light a Kinara which holds seven candles. Of course there is Hanukkah. One I’ve enjoyed – and initially by happenstance because I just was in Puerto Vallarta at the right time is Feast Day of Our Lady Guadalupe and I have actually then planned holidays in the same time frame due to the festivities enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. I know our newspoll question unequivocably showed the majority wear a poppy to honour Remembrance Day but honestly out and about in the community it doesn’t seem that way. We must continue to share and educate either with our own knowledge or by ensuring that schools continue to impress upon our young people why it is important to remember that one day a year.