I just realized today that after Halloween is over, the dang on “holiday season” season begins.  I hate “the holiday season”.  I don’t mind getting together with family and friends and celebrating the birth of that Guy in that manger, what I don’t like is the consumerism of the whole thing.  Maybe cuz I don’t have any money, or maybe because I’m a purist about what the season should really be about.  I haven’t figured that one out yet.