More commercial commentary: it’s officially November 7, and I’m officially aware that the ad execs are officially trying to catch me officially unawares and slip Christmas carols onto the TV and into my subconscious. It’s not as if I believe there’s actually some sort of conspiracy whereby the powers that be, in a move to increase already burgeoning profits, are attempting to lengthen the Christmas, and thus the buying, season. No, I don’t believe anything of the sort: I would rather choose to believe that the poles are slowly reversing due to naturally occurring adjustments in the Earth’s magnetic fields, and as a result, the North Pole will now be the South Pole and vice versa; down will be up; up will be down, etc. This is a slow process, but as everyone knows, when it’s complete, Santa will have to move his workshop to the Southern Hemisphere where winter is in July, and by association, so is Christmas. The fact that Christmas now begins in November only makes sense.