Look around and within to summon Christmas spirit

It took me a while this year, but I'm finally in the Christmas spirit, just in the nick of time. I don't know if it was the mobs lining up outside stores at midnight on Thanksgiving or the candy canes that began appearing on shelves around Halloween. Whatever it was, it turned me off to a holiday I normally love. (Full article: 1097 words)

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