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TOHS Theatre Flies Among the Stars
TOHS Theatre Flies Among the Stars
Gemma Spraggins, Assistant News Editor • November 21, 2023

With opening night of “Peter and the Starcatcher” on Thursday, November 16th, and closing night on Saturday, November 18th, the cast has...

Boston Journalism Convention goes in all the ‘write’ ways
Boston Journalism Convention goes in all the ‘write’ ways
Aandrea Pineda-Dominguez, News Editor • November 6, 2023

With a stinging chill in the air, professional writers and aspiring journalists gathered in Boston, MA for the annual JEA/NSPA Fall National...

Should schools have a block schedule?
Maximus Cover and Christian-Isaiah Aguilar November 3, 2023

Fall Sports Round-Up
November 3, 2023

No red flags for Girls Flag Football
No red flags for Girls Flag Football
Lilah Swaving and Riley Brown October 28, 2023

Former Thousand Oaks High School varsity head football coach Mike Leibin took on a new yet somewhat familiar challenge: TO girls flag football...

Lancers tie for Canyon League title
Lancers tie for Canyon League title
Jackson Kurtz, The Lancer Staff • October 28, 2023

Q&A THE LANCER: What challenges did you have to overcome in your first season?” MCENROE: “Every job is unique and there’s no such...

Lakers Preview: Title No. 18?
Lakers Preview: Title No. 18?
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • October 28, 2023

With LeBron James entering his 21st season in the NBA, he only has his eyes on winning his fifth championship and, for the Lakers, their...

AROUND T.O.WN
Rhiannon Hendershot, The Lancer Staff • October 28, 2023

Reign of Terror 275 N Moorpark Rd East, Thousand Oaks, Sept. 29-Nov. 4, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Walk through various bone-chilling rooms and exhibits...

Preserving the human aspect in the age of AI
Preserving the human aspect in the age of AI
Joseph Goodnight, Opinion Editor • October 28, 2023

With the ever-changing scope of technology, we as a generation constantly have to accept new ways in which artificial intelligence is integrating...

Día de los Muertos Dance strives for increased inclusivity
Día de los Muertos Dance strives for increased inclusivity
Kimberly Jerez, The Lancer Staff • October 28, 2023

The Latino Connection Club at Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Westlake High have come together to host their annual Día de los Muertos dance,...

OFF-CAMPUS PASS
Momo Sonoda, Editor-In-Chief • October 28, 2023

Unanimous GOP vote elects Rep. Mike Johnson for House Speaker More than three weeks after the historical outsting of the Speaker of the House,...

Cheers, Starbucks: a new staple in TO
Cheers, Starbucks: a new staple in TO
Kailah Spencer, The Lancer Staff • October 28, 2023

“Can I get a Lancer Frappuccino?” was something Starbucks manager Miguel Medina heard a lot of following the opening of the new store...

TO welcomes college visitors
Alyssa Kiszczak, Managing Editor • October 28, 2023

Throughout the year, TO provides students with college visits from many schools across the nation. They usually consist of an informational briefing...

Orchestra starting the year off on a good note
Orchestra starting the year off on a good note
Aandrea Pineda-Dominguez, News Editor • October 28, 2023

The instruments are finely tuning, patience is running out, and the maestro is preparing to orchestrate another musical masterpiece. Thousand...

Science Rooms gets a Facelift
Gemma Spraggins, Assistant News Editor • October 28, 2023

On the first day of the school year, TO forensics teacher Michael Flores watched his class experience science in a whole new way. As...

Christmas Already?!

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Halloween came on a Tuesday this year, and considering our school spirit,  we had dress up days for each day of the  week. The great thing about dress up days is that we are allowed to express ourselves in ways that we normally don’t. Students are  given a theme but can choose to express that theme however we want. This beauty shown through the day after Halloween; the theme was pajama day and it surprised and delighted me to see so many people wearing Christmas themed pajamas.

It seems like every year Christmas arrives a little earlier. Of course Christmas doesn’t actually arrive earlier, it’s always on December 25th, but this feeling comes from the fact that every year Christmas themed items and decorations are put up earlier and earlier. Business put out their Christmas themed products before Thanksgiving, houses have Christmas lights up in October, and people start wearing Christmas themed clothes or playing Christmas themed songs as soon as they get a whiff of Christmas in early September. The Oaks mall is already decorated like it’s the week before Christmas. The name for phenomenon has been coined “Christmas creep” and although most Americans aren’t familiar with this term, most have likely experienced it before.

The traditional start of Christmas season in America is after Thanksgiving. Avid Thanksgiving celebrators often balk at the appearance of Christmas themed items in stores before Thanksgiving because they feel that the importance of Thanksgiving and its values are overshadowed by the anticipation of Christmas. As unfortunate as it is that Thanksgiving is overshadowed by Christmas, it is just the fact of the matter that most people care more about Christmas than Thanksgiving. Businesses and chain stores operate on the concept of supply and demand. More Christmas themed products are put on the shelves earlier each year because businesses know that people want to buy those products. Competition between businesses to attract early Christmas shoppers also pushes along Christmas creep.

To me and to many people in America, whether they are Christian or not, Christmas represents the idea of being grateful, happy, and loved while being surrounded by your family. Although I was raised with these concepts about Christmas, I never once celebrated Thanksgiving as a kid. However this does not mean I can’t recognize that Thanksgiving is also very important. I appreciate Christmas creep because it allows me to wallow in anticipation of one of the happiest times of the year but at the same time I know Thanksgiving deserves its fair share of the store shelves in November.

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