圣诞节实际上已经在这里了吗？
我一生都在芝加哥住在这里，每年冬天以某种方式来踢我的屁股，就像我来自热带地区一样，我从未经历过。On Sunday I looked at the week’s weather, saw a prediction for snow by the end of the week, and frantically went online to order parkas and gloves, etc. for my offspring (thank you, Land’s End 40-percent off sale), who of course had outgrown last year’s editions. (Boots are still to come.) Sure enough, the snow arrived today to the delight of some people (kids) and not so much for others (mostly everyone else). Thanksgiving is a week from Thursday. Is it any wonder that the local holiday music station has turned over as well?
每年，芝加哥的93.9 FM（与全国其他电台一起），从现在到1月2日，切换到节日音乐。今年，它发生在昨天，11月8日。当然，这意味着一年中约有1/6是由假日音乐占用的。But last night, driving my kid home from soccer in the dark after a particularly tough (and chilly) loss in a playoff game, when the piano and brushes of Vince Guaraldi came on, eight weeks didn’t even seem like enough time to enjoy it.
所以也许我早点登上了。如果这意味着我终于在12月1日之前完成了圣诞节购物，就像我对每一年的目标一样，我全力以赴。毫无疑问，十一月的圣诞节音乐反对者现在会让我在评论中得到它。快乐假期早期给大家。[[Gwen Ihnat这是给予的