@ianpspurs cars! I grew up in "Betsy", short for Queen Elizabeth, a regal 1954 Packard Deluxe. Eventually we owned 3 Packards, Betsy, one converted to a farm truck, and one for parts. MrZF and I were an "old Volvo" family until 2017 when my third wagon was totalled and there were no more old wagons to be found. So yes, perhaps not marry, but certainly legally adopt. I like my current (old--2005) Toyota Sienna, but it's just not the same as the 86 Volvo wagon which I bought with 100,000 miles on it and drove for 19 years.
@DCUKMod what a lovely idea, the angels! I hope it turns into a yearly thing, pandemic or otherwise.
Here we have done candles in the windows since long before I arrived, and we've (the city) also apparently made the top-10 list for tacky lights more than once. Lights seem to be going up early this year. I still have a window-seat full of orange harvest/fall lights, so can certainly wait until Thanksgiving weekend ti start Christmas, as is traditional. We will have to have a real tree this year. Our last one was two houses ago, in a room with 12' cathedral ceiling. The last year we were there, I cut a huge 12' tall white pine that spread to 10' across and consumed all our lights and then some. How can we top that, right?