America's Saddest Christmas Tree no more?

A little love is all it needed, apparently. Still looking for a tree skirt, and my tree topper’s on its way in the mail.

I’m setting up my Department 56 village on the windowsill — it’s really shaping up. I’m currently prowling eBay so that I can acquire —

(“A church?” the readers ask. “Finally, a church? After this year she HAS to be softening and getting a church for the Godless town of Turberville Dowdopolis.”)

— Molly O’Brien’s Irish Pub.. The more things change, kids, the more they stay the same.

Don’t forget to check out the Harpold Advent Calendar.