Wheaton’s Way: Festive all year long

I was going to start my Christmas decorating in October this year. I was determined.

Didn’t happen.

I know there is a phalanx of protesters who believe there should not be so much as a bauble visible in shops until at least after Halloween, if not Thanksgiving, but I’m not one of those folk. When we live on an island where there’s no immediate Amazon, eager beavers like me rely on the local shops to get the gear out as soon as the temperature drops below 90°F. We wait for the arrival of the ‘Christmas breeze’ – when you can walk outside and the makeup doesn’t slide off your face like the opening-of-the-Ark scene in Indiana Jones’ ‘Raiders’. That’s when we know it’s time to get out the tinsel. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:

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Published on: Dec 01, 2025 04:41 PM