Pre-"This Christmas"

I have started thinking about this year's holiday. As the summer cools down and the cold is settling in, the first set of sweaters are coming out. I can see the bottom of the buck full of Reds and Greens, thick and warm. Looks like this year, the first of maybe many years to come, I wont need these chunky blankets. Feeling guilty about abandoning my family, I am spending my holidays in a small island introducing a possible tradition to a few additions of my family. I hear its 100 days away. The spirit is here early this year.