Advice from a Small Town Girl

I've been thinking about Christmas lately.

That's right. Not even Thanksgiving yet, and I'm thinking about Christmas. This is so unlike me.

All I can do is claim that this uncharacteristic behavior is down to undue influence by the television.

I'm pretty sure some of the Christmas advertising began before Halloween, but it wasn't quite as obnoxious then as it is fast becoming.

I apologize for that sentence. Blame it on the media.

So, anyway.

I was sitting in my living room the other day, and the TV was on, as is usual when both of us are home.

Christmas ad after Christmas ad after Christmas ad...