It has begun. They erected a 25 foot high fully-tinseled and balled Tannenbaum in the lobby of my office building last night. There are lights and wreaths and boughs also. I walked in this morning just before 7am and stood there for a moment, stunned. I completely forgot about the decorative implications of mid-November. At least I don’t have to listen to looped Christmas music in my cubicle or anything.<\/p>\n
Nothing kills the Christmas spirit like having it forced upon you without your consent, day in and day out, for over a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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