I know I always complain about shops being full of Christmas stuff in September but I havoc some sympathy with retailers. I’m only going to buy one cake / tree/ present for uncle Fred and if I buy it from shop X in September I’m never going to buy from shop Y later on.

What I can’t understand is people - I have already received one card and one parcel and yes the parcel does have Christmas paper showing through the torn brown paper. And I drove past a house with their lights on already.

It’s advent Sunday this Sunday, 4 weeks to prepare for the 12 days of Christmas - except we want Christmas over by Boxing Day so we can get to the sales.

What happened to waiting? I remember queuing for phone boxes and waiting for libraries but I’m old, I guess mobiles and Google are all part of the Now society.