At the risk of taking on the mantle of Ebenezer Scrooge – have I missed something? Like November?
On Regent Street yesterday the Christmas lights are in full swing. Today in Costa Coffee all of the Christmas stock is out. I am led to believe that the same will be true in Starbucks tomorrow.
Has no one noticed that it is not yet even November? It is 8 weeks until Christmas – nearly two months!
All we need now is to wheel out Noddy Holder and the crew for a thousand renditions of Merry Christmas Everybody. Or Wham. Or Wizzard (am I boring you yet?).
Monthly magazines have this irritating habit of releasing copies way in advance – and some of the Christmas editions are now out.
I refuse to post a Christmas picture on this blog – until at least December – and even then – don’t hold your breath.
Summer sky at the Cabby Shack - feel the sun on your back
But what I would like to do, is re-work the Gregorian Calendar (I know its been around since 1582 but that’s a good reason to change it?). So my proposals are:
New Years Day – 1st November
Christmas Day – 25th October
Easter – 4th February
Spring Bank Holiday – 30th March
Great news is you have all missed Christmas. And its New Years Day tomorrow – have the day off. First Foot and all that in the morning. And dust those skis off….
Yours always, Scrooge.
UPDATE 2 November
Costa Coffee this morning: Xmas music is being introduced over next 10 weeks in increments. This week is 25%, Xmas music then in two weeks time up to 50% – you get the picture. Worse still – it’s not Noddy Holder – it is their own “MIke Sammes’ versions. Just like the Pizza Hut days of old – with cheesy cover versions. I don’t know what’s worse – but the Power of Love and Cat People (Frankie Goes etc and Bowie respectively) were unbelievably bad – so you can imagine what the Xmas stuff sounds like. The last moments of a dying cat….
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