Fred Basset by Alex Graham for October 13, 2010

Fred, I do it even earlier than this. I like to be finished in July.

Hey, it’s October!

you can tell it is nearly Halloween when all the shops are advertising christmas .

Is it that way in England, too?

Oh yes. The xmas catalogs start plopping through the letterbox at the end of August.

Since the relatively recent rise in doing Halloween here, the shops tend to be promoting that rather than xmas this soon, so I suppose that’s some sort of blessing in (scary) disguise.

Oh no – Don’t let my wife see this!!

my best friend used to start in late january for the following christmas

You may snigger at her now folks, but when she’s not caught in the Black Friday crush and you are, it’ll be HER turn to laugh.

Grimma whose bright idea was it to introduce Halloween trick or treating to England? Oh you poor people!

These days, I do most of my Christmas shopping online!

now is the perfect time for Christmas shopping. Go to the clearance area and find the perfect gift for your loved ones. me I love to make my gifts, which means that I started in July and finish in November, hopefully.

Just don’t buy from the Spammers!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh toooooooooooooo early !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!