Hasn’t snowed a single flurry, but Santa, dear, we’re in a hurry

I’m the sort of person whogets a little intense over the holidays. Almost every holiday, actually. I love decorating the house for the different seasons, making crafts andfinding cutesy wreaths and rugs and window clings and other kitschy ways to show my holiday spirit, be it Halloweenor the Fourth of July. And after the doozy that was November, as Angela Lansbury sang in Mame, I need a little Christmas NOW!

And I feel like maybe other people might need the same thing. Regardless of your pol...