...roughly Thanksgiving to New Years as the "Christmas Season"...

This year they "crossed a line in the snow" (even though we haven't had snow...yet). In many years past, merchandizers have waited until after Halloween to start thier *images of the holiday season... and about ten years ago it was hinted at but never blatantly *displayed before Thanksgiving... now we have a "major package delivery service" starting the *push in the middle of October... and it's the last time I'll use them.

This means we should be seeing the Easter bunny doing egg deliveries by... oh, say... the day after Valentine's day, no later.