As soon as the last Trick-or-Treater has left your doorstep, you can be sure that Christmas decorations have been slapped up almost everywhere else. Getting skipped in the process is poor old Thanksgiving. What, no Tom Turkey stickers on grocery windows? No neon fall leaves hanging from light posts? If you're lucky, you might see a harvest-themed cornucopia arrangement with pumpkins and gourds and osage oranges on the counter at the cafe. But only for a nanosecond.

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