HERE'S AN ANTIDOTE TO CHRISTMAS STARTING IN OCTOBER!

Bah humbug, why does Christmas start at the end of October these days, endless supplies of schmaltzy plastic tat on sale to the accompaniment of canned jingle bells music firing up all around us.

To those of us like me who prefer Christmas celebrations to be tasteful, restrained  and aligned with Advent, here's my antidote to premature Yuletide hysteria.  "Bite me." as the Millennials say!