DRIVING AROUND TOWN to look at all the Christmas lights is an annual ritual, even in a rural village like mine. I took the ride, and here’s what I saw…

•Candy canes. The big box stores must have had a sale on large sparkly red-and-white candy canes. At least a third of the homes had two or more of them at the front gate and on the front porch.

•Icicle lights. Also on sale at Home Depot, Walmart, Low…