Less than 50 days now, you know...

With Bonfire Night in the rearview, I am starting to turn my thoughts towards Christmas. One doesn’t like to go at this stuff too early, but one does have a long list of Xmassy songs that one loves, and a long list of Xmassy films one likes to see during the build-up. Normally, I leave it too late and then run out of time to fit it all in. This year, I am considering a seven-week run-up that gives me time to exhaust my entire collection of festive favourites.
Working where I work doesn’t help. We’ve had the decorations up since the 1^st of November, and two aisles in the store have been given over to selection boxes, advent calendars and tinsel. All sorts of specialist puddings are available already, and 20% of the output from the in-store bakery now is mince pies. Normally this starts to annoy me, but this year I’m getting right into it, and I’m considering getting into it even more by cracking open my own catalogue of Christmas delights.
We’re not allowed out-and-about for the next four weeks, so why not spend that time getting myself into the mood for December? Yes -WHY NOT? I can always come up with reasons to stop me doing stuff I know I will enjoy, and that is not a good way to treat oneself. So – unless you can come up with a justifiable excuse to stop me – I am going to start ploughing through some old Christmas classics on Monday.

RC 7-11-20