Tree lighting, MTC sale

Without Thanksgiving or much Halloween celebrations, Christmas had already started to take shape last month.

On the 18th of October I first noticed the giant tree being erected in City Square. Last week there was a large celebration and lighting of the tree, complete with rapping and breakdancing elves. It was slightly terrifying and entirely peculiar.

The Melbourne Theatre Company was changing offices and had an enormous sale to lessen their stock of unneeded items. There was office furniture and supplies as well as a surplus of old costumes, props and set components from past plays.

It was interesting to walk into a room of such peculiar furniture all mixed together. There were leather chairs and a faux fireplace next to a neon yellow, leopard print couch the size of four normal couches.

One room was fairly empty by the time I arrived, but it held items like nose molds and leftover "meant to be broken" ceramics. Though the idea of buying a platter just to smash it was intriguing, I just walked out of the sale with a couple shirts.