Just been wandering around Harrogate town centre over my lunchtime and the decorations are either half-arsed or completely non-existant in most shops and it feels precisely like it isn't coming up to Christmas.
A few years ago the whole town would be lit up like, well, like a Christmas tree by now but there seems to be no effort going into it this year. I wonder if this is the hang-over of so many years of excess and greed every Christmas and people are beginning to realise Christmas shouldn't just be a spend-frenzy.

