Already hearing the Christmas elves? The songs are starting to play in my head, as is the consumerism behind it. As a designer and someone who is bound by the flow of the market, it’s tough not to get caught by the daze of holly and holly’s friends. If it gets to be too much too soon, opt to pause for a moment of beauty, a galvanizing conversation with an old friend, or a walk in nature. Never too much of that to go around.