gag me with a decked hall

this is october 31st, 2005.
50th & 6th, midtown.
morning.

the eve of all saints has barely begun here, and the signs of christmas are already afoot. tin men, drummer boys, santa, the reindeer, and all that jingle jangle... icons and idols borne of that magical time when capitalism and commercialism intersect in a land of merriment and holly jolly.