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Shore Musings: Christmas Is Free

Shore Musings: Christmas Is Free

By Collin Hall

Shore Musings is a column about life on the Cape from the editor of the Herald’s Do the Shore magazine.

Christmas is expensive. I’m no big spender – certainly can’t afford to be on a comms salary – but my seasonal purchases skyrocket as stores hit the one-two punch of Halloween into Christmas. I, perhaps in arrogance, channel the spirit of the late Herald editor Joe Zelnick in my disdain for the commercialization of the sacred and holy. I was budgeting for the coming month and was shocked at what fell out of my leaky wallet. Here’s the breakdown:

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