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Doesn’t this time of year just make you feel like a kid again?

Between the music, the lights, people filling the stores to buy presents, and all the holiday dinners, this always feels like the most familiar time of year to me.

It’s also the most imaginative time of year, and not just for children. Think about all the ways we open our minds and use our imaginations during the holidays. I mean, some of us go through quite a bit of effort dealing with that pesky Elf on the Shelf every day, don’t we? It takes a lot of imagination to welcome one of those into our homes.

We spend more time creating...