My Christmas cactus is as eager for Christmas as the stores and shops and town decorators. I keep it in full sun outside all summer. It was starting to bud when I brought it inside. Before I went away last week I brought it up to a bright corner of my room. When I came home a week later, it was in full bloom. Maybe it's an Armistice Day cactus.
I do think that as the day's grow shorter and night begins to take over, we are as inclined as our pagan ancestors to push back the darkness with light. So I have no gripe with Christmas lights going up early. I just don't usually get to it.
Last year I was without power for five days in the Halloween storm so I ended up addressing my Christmas cards way earlier than I usually would. Then I felt pretty low during most of December so I didn't get all my Christmas decorations up. It would be good if I could catch a little of my Christmas cactus' eagerness.
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