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From Arlene's Addiction To Christmas

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Growing up, Christmas had been the only holiday where my family really decorated the house. Birthdays might warrant a ‘Happy Birthday’ banner strung up on the wall and Easter brought some flowers and colored eggs in a basket, but that was it. It wasn’t until after I was married that I realized my future ex-wife Arlene had a dead, dark secret: she was addicted to Halloween. Like any addiction, it started out harmless enough. In our first small apartment there were just a few novelty pumpkins and a small scattering of witches and goblins scattered about. However, much how a goldfish will grow to the size of its container, so did Arlene’s addiction to this holiday. With each new house more and more witches showed up (and I don’t mean her

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