It’s only early November and outside it’s still warm (tomorrow it will be 26 degrees), but I have spotted the first Christmas trees decorated with lights already. Two trees actually, standing outside the “Ye Olde Station” restaurant in Xujiahui (the old white building on Caoxi Bei Lu, this used to be Shanghai’s train station many decades ago – there are still train carriages in the garden). I can actually see the trees from my apartment window, but it’s way too early for me to get into Christmas mood.