Always Christmas, Never Winter

I think the first Christmas product I saw in 2006 was in August in the local Tesco's - a Santa selection chocolate box. It was a bit on an anomaly and it wasn't until October that the merchandise began to arrive big time.

This year more than ever it seems strange. With moths still flying around and the weather warm enough to be walking around in T shirts it seems stranger than ever to see the increasingly false jollity of Santa.