Conditioned

I can't even begin to think about Christmas until after Thanksgiving. The transition in stores from Halloween candy to Christmas candy within days is just too much to handle. It's just a different color wrapper and packaging, you know.

I can't think of sales, wrapping paper, or formulate lists to Santa until the Friday after Thanksgiving.. or "Black Friday" as the Economists or Retailers like to call it.

Even then, I don't really start to think about Christmas until December, or until there's snow on the ground.. or until, more recently, I have purchased my flight home for the holidays.

It's ingrained in me.

Don't even get me started about Christmas music.