I always thought the end of Halloween was the beginning of Christmas decorations in the States, but it turns out that it's Thanksgiving instead. The celebration was done Thursday last week and already on Saturday I walked past Christmas tree vendors on the New York City sidewalks. And in East Village all of a sudden there were new colourful strings of light everywhere.

A couple of days ago it was also time for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. I guess this means christmas is really here, doesn't it? On the other hand, the weather gods certainly didn't agree as I woke up this morning to 19 degrees Celsius and the sun shining from a clear blue sky. Seems more like summer to me.