Call me grumpy if you like. But dammit, it’s just not right that everyone has Christmas stuff everywhere. It’s not even the middle of November yet!

Our grocery store skipped Thanksgiving entirely and now is brimming with Christmas displays. What, are they wanting us to buy our Christmas turkey the first week of November? Should we be baking all those holiday goods while it is still 87 degrees outside?

Lowe’s? Christmas lights, outdoor displays. Sam’s Club? Giant inflatable snow globes (for the yard), toys, holiday furniture (???!) the works.

Maybe next year we can just skip Halloween and put all the Christmas stuff up right after Labor Day! Think we can wait that long?

I won’t even go to the mall. And no, you can’t make me. They mall has nothing that I can’t order on-line or find at one of the two hundred thirty four retail centers that have sprung up all over town. Besides, we spent our Christmas budget on gas (this year, the kids will be getting their old toys that they don’t play with re-wrapped and, if they’re lucky, with new batteries).

Update: my wife’s response (about my rant in general): Honey, you say that every year.