Before the Thanksgiving holiday, I believe there should be very few Christmas celebrations. Things that happen during the Thanksgiving season are distinct in my mind from the celebration of Christmas, but the entire marketing campaign would like to disagree; Christmas commercials and music are broadcast on television networks during the Thanksgiving season. In the case of the Christmas play here at Monmouth, there is an exception. There is very little time between returning from the Thanksgiving holiday and leaving for the Christmas holiday; This period is generally devoted to final exams and their preparation. For these reasons it is reasonable to have a Christmas play before the holiday, and I regard participation in the play as an exception to my usual aversion to things happening before the appointed time. The technical aspects of the play (sets, clothing design, etc.) were well done given the context. I'm not familiar with theater budgets, but they seemed to have a significant amount of money to produce the show. I only participated in the con...