Happy Holidays
Apparently we're in the holidays already. As I write this it is November 7th. The shopping season has begun. It hasn't kicked into full gear yet, but within three weeks time it will have.
Thankfully I have, as of yet, avoided all Christmas carols. Nor have I yet seen Santa Claus. I'm ready for him though. I just ordered myself a set of brass knuckles and a can of industrial strength Nair (on pre-Christmas special no less).
He is usually found in shopping malls. As the creation of marketers and their graphic design croonies the mall really is the most suitable place for him. He and marketers have hand-in-hand transformed Christmas from a time of year when kids might have expected an orange and maybe a wee trinket into some sort of dollar-hemorrhaging, crap-buying, red-and-green themed shop-til-you-puke adventure.
I'm no fan of Christmas shopping. I find the music nauseating, the crowds sickening, and all the happy-family themed strategically placed advertisements overwhelming. Which means November to me is: The time to start shopping for Christmas booze.
I made this short movie one afternoon a few years ago.