A Win / Win For Christmas

I want to propose a quick win/ win scenario here.

I have been forced to think of this due to the occurrence of two recent events..............

1. Suddenly, the back to school ads are coming to an end, and surprise, surprise, Christmas ads and talk has started. It has not yet reached the end of August and yet already retail is gearing up for Christmas!!! Go into a large supermarket such as Sainsbury or Tesco and I guarantee that the signs are there - the tops of shelf units clearing, winter clothes coming into stock, and I bet there are sneaky appearances of a few early mince pies or tins of chocolates to start you thinking!!
2. I am being bombarded with various reports, mainly by email, telling me of the impending doom and prophesied end of the world on the 21st December. The 3rd phase of the Mayan calendar ends then and with it the world as we know it. How I know the world is still under debate, how we debate this economic, biblical or through war, the Mayans, who have always seemed pretty clever, have said "Bye-bye" on December 21st!!

So here is the Win / Win...........

If we wait until the 22nd December before doing any proper Christmas shopping we can't lose, if the world ends as we know it we can forget worrying about Christmas and we will still have our money or a smaller overdraft / credit card bill to not add to our worries!!!

If there are no real changes, by the 22nd December retail will be in its usual panic and the sales will have started and everything will be cheaper, so we save money and thus, and again, the overdraft or credit card bills are less!!!

And so whichever way we look at things, all clouds have a silver lining, and there is a positive in all............ A win / win scenario................