it's the earliest that harrod's and others have opened their holiday stores. it's july. come on. some experts see it as a desperate move to cash in during tough economic times. it's the music that kills me. he love christmas, but when you start -- i love christmas but when you start hearing jingle bells in early october -- it's july. stop it. >>> it is 4:55. san francisco may be in the red when it comes to the budget. >> but when it comes to its city hall buildings the color is blue for now. the color scheme is to honor the new smurf movie. >> really? >> yes. it's opening in theaters today. >> haven't seen the movie but i saw it in the movie posters. it looked like the smurfs are trying to get on a bart train. [ laughter ] >> there you go. >> it looks like it. sony pictures apparently paid for this publicity stunt. there was supposed to be, frank, a smurf party there, as well. the idea was dropped. we don't know why. >> come on. they went blue. they might as well fill the full boat. >> many they didn't want the song to go through their head. >>> they are making it dramatic in dc.