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I saw a shelf full of fruit cakes in a store the other day. It must be nearly Christmas.

A few aisles away was a display of gingerbread house kits.

I didn’t even know they had a kit for something for that kind of seasonal construction.

We now have the technology, apparently, for pre-fab holiday houses out of theoretically edible materials.

I suppose that after seeing foam or inflatable snowmen and animatronic singing Santas, I shouldn’t be too surprised that we’ve advanced this far.

You go into almost any department store these days and there are dozens of signs of the season. Christmas carols hit you in the face at the same time as the blast of holiday hot air flows over you at the entryway — both keeping the chill of the outdoors and the coldness of scrooge-like individuals at bay.

Personally, I prefer an abundant offering of Christmas spirit. I look forward to Christmas engulfing us. It gives me energy. There is nothing quite like “Sleigh Bells” coming onto a store loudspeaker system to quicken a shopper’s gait.

Source: Wicked Local

by Mary

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