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By Dori Pulse True enough, as I make my way through various retail establishments this week, Halloween has not yet arrived and Christmas lights and fixtures sparkle in the aisles. Why are we all in such a rush, reaching out, extending past what we have for today? Holidays are stressful for many people—what to buy, how many to buy for, will they like it—and then January’s credit card statements roll in, and we stress over how we are going to pay for it all. There is tangible “electricity” in the air that begins about mid-November and dissipates after the first …