NOT Wishing The Year Away!

I've seen xmas stuff in shops already and they've been full of halloween stuff for a couple of weeks now.

I know some people like to start buying early to help spread the cost, but you don't need xmas themed stuff yet, it takes all the joy out of it. I wish we hadn't imported all this halloween stuff from the States, we do have some of our own customs, but these get drowned out by all this Americana

There's still time to buy your 100 day Christmas Countdown calendar!  

Try working in retail, the years flyby 

Agreed.

The Met Office comments about "Indian Summer":

The Met Office Meteorological Glossary first published in 1916, defines it as 'a warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November.'

weather.metoffice.gov.uk/.../indian-summer

Rach91 said:

hopefully we will get an Indian summer

Not so fast! I was just getting used again to the joy of cold feet at night! (Although that novelty wears off pretty quickly.)

It’s scary as it’s autumn now hopefully we will get an Indian summer. Don’t want to think about winter or Christmas or anything yet 

To be fair I do want my Taylor swift 2026 Callander but you know for Christmas lol 

That scene from Elf where Buddy finds out that "Santa" is coming to the department store springs to mind... Must ... Not ... Look ... Up ... On ... YouTube ... !

Who am I kidding?! Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HebbNljYRzE

Community hub taking Christmas lunch bookings from tomorrow for groups, family and businesses);

Christmas TV movie channel (skip that);

Retailers got Christmas stock in already (being frugal with my Christmas cards);