Has the Christmas season (at least in retail terms) always started in the middle of October? Urban Outfitters stores have had their Christmas crap out for two or three weeks already, while I’m still thinking about carving pumpkins. Last night I stopped by the Crate and Barrel in SoHo looking for some Halloween stuff I saw in the catalog only to find that they’ve gone all Christmas, too. I guess I can understand it in November, but October?