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Temps outside freezing
Inside we’re sneezing
Old ones are wheezing
It’s the colder season
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Leaves are drifting
Clouds not lifting
Fog is sitting
Get out the knitting
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Season turns colder
Aching bones feel older
Squirrels getting bolder
Fireplace smolders
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Halloween hovering
Christmas is shoving
Since July it’s been coming
Stores already humming
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Seasons no more
Based on nature’s core
Rushed monthly scores
Commercialized galore.
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“Holiday creep is real. Halloween costumes fill store shelves in August, pumpkin-flavored everything is on the menu by Labor Day, and Christmas gifts and decor are everywhere a month before Thanksgiving. It often feels like too much, too soon.” http://www.nytimes.com
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The Bag Lady 
Shops near me started selling Christmas sweet treats in August! The big shop near us has a Christmas isle already, I don’t mind as much because I adore Christmas and it means I get to stock up early and buy loads of gifts before it gets busy, still it does happen earlier and earlier as time goes by.
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I love it too but
Not the shopping
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Giving gifts? 10/10
Buying gifts? Minus a million.
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The older I get the harder it is to be original😳
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If my husband had his way we would buy 10 of the same bath sets and give them out to everyone, I must admit it does take a lot of pressure off but I won’t have it 😀
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I hope winter’s arrival here is a long way off.
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Good luck with that😂
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