I thought I’d follow the route that a lot of retailers seem to be going at the moment, and talk about Christmas. Why not, It’s only September? If I had the time, I’d probably have been talking about Christmas way back in June or something. Really.

I was happily walking along the shopping centre today when I noticed in the Marks & Spencer window that they were advertising Christmas wrapping paper. Wait. Wrapping paper? In September? We’re not even in October, let alone December! Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I always thought that Christmas was a December thing. You know, birth of jesus and all things holy like that.

So we carried on walking and then witnessed the picture you see to the left. Christmas cards. Is this so that I can send them out early in case I forget? Or is royal mail so bad it takes them three months to deliver?

I’m no scrooge, but if anyone talks to me or tries to sell me something relating to Christmas before the middle of December, things will get messy.