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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kelly Okrepkie, 47, lives in Monroe, Connecticut and loves Christmas. She started decorating Christmas trees in her house in 2011, ...

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Among the holidays’ three greatest excesses — gluttony, gift-giving, and grousing — that last overindulgence blares loudest in regard to the second. Rants about the commercialization of Christmas, far ...