Christmas! The happiest time of year, provided you don’t have a job, drive, or live outside. Needless to say, a lot of people love Christmas. Some love it in what some hooligans call “excess”, letting their devotion to this cherished holiday bleed over into other months. For many, this shows itself in decorating the lawn that day after Thanksgiving. For a select brave few however, this goes much further than that. 

The first (recorded) celebrated Christmas in July in America took place in Brevard, North Carolina, on July 25, 1933 by a Girl Scout Troop. However, the true origin of this holiday goes all the way back to a French Opera in 1892. The plot involves children in a choir practicing a Christmas song in July, which prompts one of the actors to say, “When you sing Christmas in July, you rush the season.”

After the first American Christmas in July, there was a movie in 1940 titled the same, in which the main character is fooled into believing that he has won in an advertising slogan contest with a cash prize of $25,000, leading him to buy excess presents for family members and propose to his girlfriend. 

Overall, Christmas in July is an enigmatic holiday tracing all the way back to the late 1800’s. The real question is: should we recognize this as a real holiday? In the writer’s opinion, it is indeed a nice way to break up the unforgiving heat of summer with a little holiday spirit. Be sure to comment with your opinion below! Happy Holidays!