Xmas Approaching

Christmas adverts have slowly started forcing their way onto our televisions, despite it being November. With the build-up to Christmas also come the unconvincing 'Santas Grotto' attractions at shopping centres and gardening centres. I remember going to these places as a kid, waiting in line while the tedious Christmas music played over the tannoy above me, looking behind me at the kids staring back, pissed off that Santa was seeing me before them. I always got suspicious that Santa never actually wrote down what I wanted, particularly as I was very specific in what I wanted. I remember testing him one year by asking him for the same thing I'd asked for the previous year. He didn't mention it.