Speaking of shopping....

Well........American Thanksgiving signals the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Based on what I witnessed this weekend in our local malls - the madness has begun.

Kids screaming, waiting to see Santa, their parents looking like poster people for Celexa. Outside, drivers are frantically jockeying for the next just-emptied parking space, racing to get there regardless of how many cars get side-swiped or pedestrians get run over. No matter what checkout line you get into, you're sure to be stuck behind some penny-pinching frugalist who insists those things are 40% off, not 25% like the point-of-sale terminal is displaying. Meanwhile, the smell of freshly burnt popcorn fills the air in a valiant effort to overpower the perfume wind escaping the nearest department store.

Ahhhh, Christmas is coming..........