It would appear....
that we can put up the Christmas decorations a little earlier every year and still be the last people in the neighborhood to have decked the halls.

I woke up in the middle of the night to notice an eerie glow reflecting off of the overhang outside of my bedroom window. No need to panic. It is simply the lights on the neighbors' bushes. Going to Mass at 7:30am, I saw that the whole neighborhood was decorated and illuminated. Except for us. I mean, it is still November, right?

I don’t blame anyone who wants to take advantage of the mild weather to put up lights etc. I think that would be the electric equivalent of planting bulbs in fall so that you can have daffodils for Easter. Turning the lights on in November is like eating Cadbury Cream Eggs during Lent. Disordered, improper and not really satisfying.