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—for kids Which is e’re at Ginger’s Bake Shop
I blink Soet like this when it’s this close to Christ that isn’t theme Because I don’t want to miss a moment I want to absorb every detail and tuck it away for a hot su down the days until pumpkin spice season, which everyone knows is just a fancy countdown to putting up the Christmas decorations
Orto make up for lost time
Well, notto row up in a place like this, you aren’t totally obsessed with Christmas Maybe, if your memories of family Christmases are actually happy and filled with joy, you don’t feel the need to manifest a better version of Christmas for yourself
Over the idea of it The potential
Then again, I’ in a bakery so perfectly decorated for the holidays it looks like a rew up here Froer Winter, she’s plenty obsessed—and she did grow up here Her parents were happy enough with Christhters after the holiday Noel, Holly and Ginger I sersnap cookie
“Sorry,” I apologize to Sutton, one of”
Sutton rolls her eyes “Why am I not surprised?”
“Leave her be, Sutton,”ets about Christmas”
“What?” I ask, shrugging innocently “You know guarding the spirit of Christmas is my job I have to keep my eyes peeled for potential violations at all times”
“There is no way ‘guarding the spirit of Christrule violation of Christirl It looks like they covered Christ in here”
I frown in Sutton’s direction She’s dangerously close to being in violation of Christmas Not that I have any jurisdiction over people I can’t write tickets to anyone for behaving like a Grinch, sadly, becauseand décor standards And safety violations
So Sutton can joke all she wants about the spirit of Christmas, but it’s ioat farm and I don’t make fun of her Usually
Anyway, my job as the town’s holiday enforcement officer is extremely important Maybe I’m not an actual law enforcement officer, but I can write tickets and that’s practically the sa It’s my job to uphold the perfection of a Reindeer Falls Christmas And in a place with “reindeer” in the title, that basically means I’ally really impact anyone’s Christmas season? No But a business on Main Street with a strand of busted lights ruins the entire vibe