Last year, on November 21, I wrote about the barrage of gift catalogs that had found its way to my door. Well, they’re back again.
Today’s mailbox yielded about half a dozen harbingers of the holiday season, each one enticing the reader to buy. Had I taken them all seriously, I could have refurbished my home, restocked my pantry, and redone my personal wardrobe. Maybe even purchased a Christmas gift or two. But I’m more callous this year.
It’s because of our remodeling project. There’s no room to consider putting up our tree or other decorations just yet. So rather than being spread over two or three months, the various chores that comprise our usual Christmas ritual will be compressed into the time between Thanksgiving and December 25.
Which means I’m becoming more pragmatic and cutting back on catalog browsing and gift buying. In turn, I don’t page the catalogs with the same eagerness I had last year. They’re are coming in at the same rate, but the recipient is in a different place.
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