HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN VETERANS PARK (PHOTOS)

The holiday lights are up in Veterans Park in downtown Bethesda. Pick up a holiday coffee from Starbucks across the street, and check them out at the corner of Woodmont and Norfolk Avenues in the Woodmont Triangle.

HOLIDAY COFFEE DRINKS AT BETHESDA ROW DUNKIN' DONUTS

The holidays are upon us earlier than ever this year, and if you enjoy the Christmas/Chanukah season, that is good news.  I even found a quart of Egg Nog at CVS!

Speaking of holiday beverages, there are Gingerbread and Peppermint holiday coffees, iced coffees and lattes available now at Dunkin Donuts on Bethesda Avenue.  Pick one up, and then walk around Bethesda Row to marvel at the colossal, spectacular holiday decorations and displays.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AT BETHESDA ROW (PHOTOS)

IS IT TOO EARLY,

OR

NEVER TOO SOON

FOR

HOLIDAY LIGHTS?

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

Busy elves were stringing lights around anything standing still at Bethesda Row into the evening last night.

The early decorating doesn't bother me, although I usually wait until my other favorite season of the year - Halloween - is over.

However, some Bethesda Row patrons expressed displeasure with early holiday trimming last year via social media.  This is just the reality of marketing today, in that seasons get stretched, and you can't please everybody.  Even McDonald's has just added Holiday Pies and beverages to their menu in Bethesda.

So, whether you're a Clark Griswold, or an Ebeneezer Scrooge, you'll have little choice but to embrace the holiday spirit around Bethesda Row.  Starting today!