i'm not normally so scrooge-ish i swear

Consensus seems to be it's still too early for Christmas lights and Christmas decorations. And while I suspect the display I saw yesterday had more to do with a break in the seemingly never-ending rain instead of trying to get a jump on the holiday spirit, I was at the mall today and it felt like mid-December. We're talking full on Christmas decorations.

I am a little curious as to whether American malls have their Christmas decor up yet. In Canada we don't have the dividing line of American Thanksgiving (since our Thanksgiving is in October). I always feel that the decorations should wait until at least Rememberance Day, but that seems to be an antiquated notion.

Also, I am horrified some radio stations are apparently playing Christmas music. I hate hate hate the Christmas carols they play on the radio. Spare me from the supposed vocal prowess that turns O Holy Night into a series of trills and runs that are absolutely unnecessary. Oy. And is there anything worse than Paul McCartney's tone deaf ''A Wonderful Christmas Time"? No. No there is not. Don't fight me on this. I will win.

Er, bah humbug?