I love the Christmas season!
By about December 10th on, I get that giddy excited feeling. I guess it's the kid in me, but it also helps watching my girls get so excited every day they wake up in the couple of weeks before Christmas. Is it commercial? Of course, but anything that puts that big of smiles on kids faces can only be good.
I do shake my head at the stores that set up for Christmas on November 1, but keep in mind that company Christmas parties start about the second week of November. Our company Christmas party is next weekend already - simply because EVERY other weekend at our regular venue booked from that point on for other company parties.