http://shine.yahoo.com/tag/season http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/user-post-what-are-your-fall-traditions-518430/ <img alt="" align="left" width="28" height="30">It&#39;s that time of year again, the leaves are starting to change color, the days are getting shorter, and there is a briskness in the air. Today, I started to look for some tea bags, because I realized that soon I would be wanting that hot cuppa.&nbsp; I checked and we still have some logs from… nospam@example.com () http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/user-post-what-are-your-fall-traditions-518430/#comments http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/user-post-what-are-your-fall-traditions-518430/ http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/10-ways-to-enjoy-the-holiday-season-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-buying-presents-331803/ &lt;img alt="pink-vintage-christmas.jpg" src="http://www.pinkofperfection.com/pink-vintage-christmas.jpg" style="text-align:center;" width="493" height="465"&gt;&lt;em&gt;image via the awesome &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24681937@N00/301913097/"&gt;picnic_by_ellie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;The other day, as the sun was setting at its depressingly early hour, I stepped into a Crate and Barrel for a dose of holiday cheer. Inside, there were decorations for the mod bachelor pad, the enviro-loving pinecone candle burners, and people who just want to buy a lot of gold trinkets, a lot of red ribbon, and a life supply of sweet chocolate-dipped confections packaged in striped tins. After I stumbled out, sort of in a &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBYa3qsMnc"&gt;Karen Carpenter-induced daze&lt;/a&gt;, I needed a caffeinated jolt. Inside the &amp;#39;Bucks there were more carols, Christmas mugs, gingerbread cookies, and a widespread feeling of hurried pandemonium. As happy as I was to get my coffee in the beloved red holiday cups, the whole production felt sort of...&lt;em&gt;empty&lt;/em&gt;. I walked back to my office, past the Gap and a display of sweaters that pronounced in hypnotic scroll, &amp;quot;Joy to the Girl!&amp;quot; And I just thought, &lt;em&gt;this is not what it&amp;#39;s about&lt;/em&gt;. Whether or not you work in Times Square perhaps you, too, would you like to count some ways in which we can celebrate the season that have nothing to do with gift receipts and sales on prepackaged gingerbread men. nospam@example.com () http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/10-ways-to-enjoy-the-holiday-season-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-buying-presents-331803/#comments http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/10-ways-to-enjoy-the-holiday-season-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-buying-presents-331803/