A cartoon caught my attention some time ago. It featured a turkey perched atop a pumpkin. The dejected-looking fowl wore a Santa hat atop its scrawny head, and held a candy cane in its wing. The caption read, “Why can’t the department stores let us enjoy the holidays like we used to? They’ve turned it into one big ‘MERRYHALLOWTHANKSMAS!’” Like the cartoonist, I, too, am quick to bla...
