The local big-box store has decided not to let Hallowe'en get in the way of Christmas and set up the twelve-foot animatronic skeleton right next to the twelve-foot inflatable Santa. The inflatable Santa's wobbling keeps setting off the animatronic skeleton's motion activated flail-and-scream routine, which in turn sets off the inflatable Santa's motion sensor and makes it play "Jingle Bells".
I was watching some kindergartners play in the snow. Then a guy with a lumpy trash bag slung over his back walked up to the children to dump out the trash bag like a deranged Santa Claus. Apparently it was filled with toys, and as the children screamed in joy, the man grinned at me with red eyes before leaving me with unanswered questions.