Ok, this will not in any way be NS related but I cannot contain myself anymore. As Linus famously prognosticated so many years ago, society has grossly over commercialized Christmas. They are hitting us with Christmas earlier and earlier each year in the hopes of selling enough stuff to at least make up some of their losses. Christmas is now all about buying things (maybe Scrooge was right).

I have tried to have my blinders on as I go through my day, ignoring the Christmas commercials, ignoring the holiday decorations going on outside the stores, ignoring the Santas hitting the "all you can eat" buffets to get in shape for their big debuts...

However, I was driving home yesterday and I stopped at a light.This was a long light so I took a look around to see if anything was new in the area. I swung my head left, nothing, I took a look in my rearview mirror, nothing. I turned my head to the right...

It was there...

It could not be avoided...

A Christmas tree farm had been established off to the side of the road.

It wasn't being planned.

It wasn't being constructed.

It was there, fully stocked with every kind of fir tree imaginable in all shapes and sizes.

It was open for businness.

I cannot imagine how anyone in their right mind would be a christmas tree two weeks into November? Even with all of the garden technology available to us in these modern times, I fail to see how any christmas tree would be able to survive 7-8 weeks (I can usually keep 'em green for about 3 if I use spray praint).

This has gotten way way out of hand.

Oh misery, thy name is Linus Van Pelt.