looking a lot like Christmas

Signs that the season for fa-la-la-la-la is here:

-- I walk into Marks & Sparks at Wheelock Place and am transported back to London three years ago, when I stocked up on my fave tea cakes and choc-covered biscuits for the holidays.
-- I feel the urge to buy fresh fir trees, poinsettas, turkeys too large to fit into ovens and other goodies at Ikea.
-- I get a Spinelli's cookie in the shape of a Christmas tree.
-- I hum along to my seasonal fave, Last Christmas, in Cold Storage's frozen section.

Exactly one more month to go...