Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

It's nice because Christmas is over and Thanksgiving is over. You've got to have something to look forward to.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

You got to think about Thanksgiving, Christmas . . . we're going to be in a new environment, ... We're used to going over to each other's house and eating. That's going to be the hard part.

If you grew up in Macon, Georgia, the fair was almost like Thanksgiving or Christmas. It was another holiday. The food, the rides. It's just a good time.