I'm tired and a little lacking in inspiration today so, for my quota post, I'll give you something I noticed at the weekend. We may be enjoying a balmy Indian summer in London right now, with temperatures still reaching the early 20s, but Lewisham council are determined to boost us forwards into the depths of winter.
Yes, as you can see from the pic, the Lewisham Christmas decorations went up on Friday, over two months before the event in question. The weekend provided us with the bizarre sight, in British terms, anyway, of people wandering around in jeans and a t-shirt with Christmas decorations overhead. A late summer and an early Christmas have finally met.
This picture, incidentally, is from my new Nokia 6680, my first personal mobile phone in over half a decade. I'm amazed at the quality of snaps you can pull off the thing.
Christmas has arrived here (Columbus, Ohio) as well. Ornaments are already on sale in the stores.
My dad was telling me of a story in the news about a guy who already put his decorations up outside. Some of his neighbors took him to court to get him to take them down until the holiday drew nearer. The judge sided with the defendant and said he could have Christmas decorations up all year if he wants.
Oh, you mean Lewisham actually bothered to put them away this year?!
You're lucky there's money for Xmas decorations considering the fireworks seem to have...*ahem* gone up in smoke ;)
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/lewgreennews/display.var.641534.0.budget_shortfall_leaves_event_needing_sponsor.php
Yeah, I thought they were always left up?
No - they take them down for about six months. We have a set virtually right outside our study window, so we know this for sure...
Well the ones in the High St were never taken down