Dreaming of a White Christmas

I never really understood the sentiment of longing for snow expressed in the Christmas tune 'White Christmas' until we moved to Texas. Today is the second day of December and the leaves are finally red and yellow -- which usually happens in October in the Great White North. We walked to State-Allen Lounge for brunch in short sleeves and basked in the sunlight. Decided to finally get the Christmas tree together, but it lacks the Holiday feel when you're decorating a Christmas tree in shorts and a tank top because it's 81F outside....not that I'm complaining, it's just that it feels more like October than December. So, I've got the radio tuned to 103.7 -- a channel that has been playing Christmas carols and songs for the last three weeks. Take away the tunes and there's nothing like a blanket of snow on the ground to jump-start the Christmas sentiments.