Why is City Hall politicizing today's municipal holiday festival with a premature "oath of office" rite?

What the Green Mouse wants to know: Who will take the Mayor's oath of office, Jeff Gahan or Mike Hall? (thanks MC)

(more on today's Jingle Walk, Holiday Fest and umbrellas here)

Is it because "Mayor Jeff Gahan Presents Christmas," too?

Has there ever been a "swearing in" ceremony held a full month before newly elected officials take office on January 1?

Whose idea is this, anyway?

I've asked the questions, but they're not being answered. In times like these, we yearn for a Fourth Estate, a Fifth Estate, or maybe an estate-bottled Cabernet Sauvignon.