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June Event: "It gets earlier every year ..."
You wake up on the morning of June 15th to a town convinced that Christmas is only days away.
Ornaments and tinsel in every window, Christmas music on every radio station, people can't understand why it's so uncomfortably warm in their bulky Christmas sweaters and reindeer scarves. Everyone seems terribly festive and are discussing when they'll get their shopping done and what their plans are for Boxing Day. The schools have gone on holiday. It's true at home too. Acquaintances are sending you cards. Perhaps you have a tree.
It's still June. But it's also Christmas. If you point this out to one of Margate's normals, they'll understand both facts -- and look at you like you're perhaps a bit slow for thinking this is a problem.
Use the occasion to laugh at people in sweaters, to talk about your character's holiday traditions (since we've forced everyone to do the Pub exchange the last two years), to make obscene gingerbread men, whatever you like.
Tag is "christmas in july." We know it's June, but it's traditional.
Also, we are very sorry for disappearing of late; we were recently suddenly informed that we were going to have to make a cross-country move very soon. Everyone congratulate preraphaelite1 on her awesome new lectureship on the East Coast, while we return to our irregularly unscheduled running about like beheaded chickens!
Ornaments and tinsel in every window, Christmas music on every radio station, people can't understand why it's so uncomfortably warm in their bulky Christmas sweaters and reindeer scarves. Everyone seems terribly festive and are discussing when they'll get their shopping done and what their plans are for Boxing Day. The schools have gone on holiday. It's true at home too. Acquaintances are sending you cards. Perhaps you have a tree.
It's still June. But it's also Christmas. If you point this out to one of Margate's normals, they'll understand both facts -- and look at you like you're perhaps a bit slow for thinking this is a problem.
Use the occasion to laugh at people in sweaters, to talk about your character's holiday traditions (since we've forced everyone to do the Pub exchange the last two years), to make obscene gingerbread men, whatever you like.
Tag is "christmas in july." We know it's June, but it's traditional.
Also, we are very sorry for disappearing of late; we were recently suddenly informed that we were going to have to make a cross-country move very soon. Everyone congratulate preraphaelite1 on her awesome new lectureship on the East Coast, while we return to our irregularly unscheduled running about like beheaded chickens!
