This is a dangerous time of the year for me. Not because I hate Christmas, but because I LOVE it and because it becomes part of my job. No I'm not from the North Pole. I have to make rules to keep things level. No constant Christmas music, no watching a Christmas movie every night. No binge-drinking egg nog. It's for my own good. I get manic...scary manic....not happy manic

My job is music director in a United Methodist church. I plan Christmas in June. I begin rehearsing kid's and adult choirs for the special programs in AUGUST. Christmas music in AUGUST. I even if have a term. PYE - Premature Yuletide Excitement. 1-5 scoring. 1 = whistle a Christmas song, 5 = Decorate the Christmas tree in 100 degree Oklahoma weather. Funny, but, serious!

Anybody else? How do you deal?