The Christmas trees have finally

The Christmas trees have finally arrived! I've been following the construction and evolution of the red-and-white striped tent that has sprung up on the field next to our parking lot. First, they laid a base of gravel, next they errected the tent (which survived the recent thunderstorm unscathed), then the rental fence enclosed the tent and the two campers that come with it. And today, the first 18-wheeler full of christmas trees has arrived and they are being unloaded even as I write. I guess they need to get ready for the Thanksgiving shopping frenzy, but it still feels to damn early. Really, a tree should be up just during the twelve days of Christmas - Christmas Eve through Epiphany.

Of course, if you buy a tree right before Christmas, you'll end up with some dried out pathetic thing (but you get it on a discount). And if you keep it up until Epiphany, you'll miss the street-curb tree pickup that the city provides. Sigh.