Not quite Christmas panic yet...

Every year the trajectory of the Christmas preparations changes. Some years it seems nobody gets into gear until after December 15. Other years, by December 4th, people are crazed.
This year seems to be one of the slow lead-up years for me. It's the 13th and I have my tree up (craftily purchased during the 29-minute sunny interval in the rainstorm today) and I've finished my on-line purchasing. Feeling pretty frickin' smug, in fact.