Now that Halloween is over, our brains are scientifically proven to fast forward all the way to Christmas. For some, this becomes a serious problem. Here are the symptoms that you are falling ill to the most costly of seasonal diseases: Early Onset Christmas Disorder.
1. You start hearing Christmas music everywhere you go. Are they really playing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in this Kroger right now? Time to sing along.
2. Christmas decor sneaks its way into your shopping cart while you're meandering around Target.
3. You start watching Christmas movies the first day of November.
4. You begin to have unseasonal cravings.
You long for Peppermint Mocha season when it's still Pumpkin Spice season. You have your heart set on gingerbread and candy canes, but it's not yet the time for such delicacies.
5. You make Christmas cookies and it's a week after Halloween. It was a moment of weakness.
6. You completely forget that there is in fact a holiday between Halloween and Christmas.
7. You long for those Christmas vacation lazy days with TV, naps, and hot chocolate.
8. You daydream too often about Christmas morning and can almost see the lights, presents, and tree right in front of you.
9. You develop a fever. A Holiday Fever.
10. The fact that you can't put your Christmas tree up because it's "too early" makes you irrationally annoyed.
11. You become dissatisfied with all of the "non-Christmas" clothing in your wardrobe.
It's just not doing it for you anymore. Your Christmas sweaters and ornament ball earrings are calling out to you.
12. Your Pinterest board overflows with all things Christmas.
13. You begin to show hoarding tendencies.
The hidden stockpile in your closet is growing with all your newly purchased Christmas candles, decorations, CDs, and more.