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Forget the turkey; Mom wants to talk Christmas - now.(Daily Break)

Byline: JACEY ECKHART

MY MOM is crafty. She doesn't begin her holiday assault with the first piece of pumpkin pie. She holds her guns until an hour or so after Thanksgiving dinner. Even if I am not living in the same state, Mom knows the exact moment when I have the refrigerator door propped open with my knee, a swipe of pie on my tongue and the Reddi-wip nozzle poised over my open mouth.

"So when will you get me your Christmas lists?" she asks innocently. "It's never too early to start on the holidays."

I try not to choke, because right up until that minute I think we are still in the Turkey Zone and Christmas is far away.

This year I didn't even get my pie ...

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