There aren't many people who are more into Christmas than Kate and I, but even we know where to draw the line. Just been to Woking looking for something to get Kate for her impending birthday and BHS have great big signs advertising their Christmas Shop. Inside the store its not just a few shelfs of novelty gifts, but aisle upon aisle of the stuff, complete with decorations hanging from the ceiling. The only thing missing was Slade, (that will probably come next week...)
The other problem with stores filling their shelfs with Christmas products can be found in Card Shops. The closer you get to Christmas the less and less room they leave for Birthday Cards, which is why the closer your birthday is to December 25th the crappier the cards you receive. But even today, in the middle of October there was almost half a store full of Christmas Cards. All this is my way of saying, "Kate - dont go expecting anything decent for your birthday".
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