Call me a Grinch but it is starting to feel a lot like Christmas and I don't like it.
Shopping might be my hobby all year round but not at this time of year when everyone muscles in on the act. Nor do I like going into a shop to get an everyday necessity such as a pair of shoes only to be asked if I have done my Christmas shopping.
I want to ask them back why do they give a fig?
However, I do understand that retailers are just trying to engage me in the hope of increasing pre-Christmas sales.
Far more likely than chit chat to get me spending would be practical measures to ease the annual pain of Christmas shopping, such as free parking and late-night shopping.