Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It must be Halloween, because all the Christmas stuff is on sale at the drugstore. Jack-o'-lanterns and candy canes, bats and reindeer, all vying for shelf space. Ah, yes. Such is the fate of our holidays as they are rushed from one retail opportunity to the next, leaving us dithering in the living room, wearing masks while hanging our stockings.
But wait. Though we may be weary of overwrought Halloween, it is never too late to lay claim to some genuine moment of autumnal glee, sneaking a few candy corns as leaves clatter by and the odd scent of burning wax on pumpkin drifts by on the front porch.
No commercial gremlin ...