Dear People Who Live Next Door to Kate

Enough already. It's almost April and we have had a couple of days with a temperature above 80. I'm not a purist when it comes to Christmas decorations. It isn't much fun to go outside in January and un-tangle lights from trees or cut down roping. A little latitude is in order, and in fact I'm not averse to twinkling lights all year long.

But this is wrong. Pick up this sad little snowman and pack him away. The daffodils are nearly out, the tulips are following on their heels. We have nine more shopping months until Christmas.