The Spanish are already getting ready for Christmas. I guess it makes sense. In the U.S. we move from commercial holiday to commercial holiday, and since the Spanish don´t celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas is next on the list. The shopping mall close to our house already has a big tree of lights erected and Christmas lights strung up over the walkways, though nothing is lit yet. The bakery in the little neighborhood mercado has rearranged its cases to make room for all the Christmas cookies and pastries, and the Carrefour is already displaying huge boxes of Christmas chocolates. Bring it on! Six weeks from today I´ll be on a plane home!