National Trust Historic Colors

For the last five years, Jade Hanson, 25, has made a holiday tradition of burning mix-CDs on her home computer and leaving the discs tucked ... You can buy Christmas presents and buy trees and decorations probably about the first of September onward ...  

I can't stand the heat. I've had two heat strokes. Sometimes when I get in the car, I forget to turn on the heater." Christmas is her favorite time of year. She prepares by spending one week each November putting away her regular home decorations and ...  

Then the panel flew home, and the word went forth ... It's got holiday decorations and pictures with Santa and carols echoing through its halls. And it's trying to make a go of things this Christmas despite a big cloud overhead that won't blow away ...