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is just one thing I need...”

Mariah Carey’s relentless-if-
somewhat-catchy Christmas tune
invaded my ears this week as I was
browsing at the mall, and that’s when
Christmas hit me full-on in all its
sickeningly jolly splendour.

It was as if a curtain had drawn from
my eyes, and looking around I realized
that the store windows had fake snow,
there was a suspicious amount of red
and green, and an actual mall Santa had
staked his claim in the atrium, with a line
forming of forward-thinking families.

And I thought to myself: “Seriously?
Already?”

I knew it was coming. In fact, at
the other publication I work for we

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seasonal “Things to do in Vancouver
this Christmas,” and “Where to get your
Christmas tree” articles.

But I told myself that we were just
getting a foot up on the competition;
that, with Halloween over, the public
needed somewhere more festive to
look towards than the mustaches of
Movember.

But I didn’t think it was mall Santa
time quite yet, and I still don't.

It seems as though, every year,
Christmas (and I would say “The
Holidays” but this is very much a sin
committed by Christmas above all
else) sneaks up further and further
into November, to the point that we're
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Halloween candy when the candy canes
and chocolates make their seasonal
reappearance.

I’ve got nothing against Christmas,
or any other holidays for that matter. I get
it, it’s fun giving presents to loved ones,
sitting around a family dinner, and doing
the whole Santa thing.

But when people start blasting
Christmas music, saying things like “It’s
that time of year again,” and making sure

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shut up about.

When it comes down to it, however,
it’s clear that letting the holidays bleed
into November dilutes Decembet’s
cheer for the worse, so that by the time
the actual day rolls around people are
breathing a sigh of relief, rather than
shouting out in celebration.

And we've all got enough on our
plates already, wouldn't you think?

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