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I had some free time today so I decided to set up my New York Mets Christmas tree!

The idea for the tree came about on a recent trip to Marshall’s, where I found a Mets logo tree skirt and a dozen Mets ornaments that came in plastic candy cane-shaped packaging.

And from there, a few trips to CVS, Target, and Walmart allowed me to add orange and blue lights, several baseball-themed ornaments, and even Mets candy canes to the tree.

So tonight I set it all up, complete with a real Mets baseball tree topper. What do you think?

Mets Christmas tree!

The tree in it's blue and orange glow.

Several Mr. Met's adorn the tree.

The obligatory Mets gnome.

Baseball snowman ornament.

Mets candy cane and Citi Field ornament.

I added some Mets stuffed animals to complete the scene.

One of three Mr. Met ornaments in a natural blue and orange colored glow.

Homemade Mets ticket ornaments from some stubs I had hanging around.

As a diehard Mets fan, I’m super excited with how it turned out. I really was able to get creative putting it all together and it’s the perfect off-season tribute to my beloved Metsies!

I don’t know how I can top this next year… unless I decorate a full-size Mets tree! Uh oh… now I really want to!

Chocolate turkeys

Thanksgiving is just around the corner this year and I was reminded of that in the funniest of ways: chocolate turkeys.

It wasn’t going into Walmart or Target and seeing all of the Halloween candy go to 75% and then 90% off.

It wasn’t seeing them pick out the Rockefeller Christmas tree to go on it’s trip to New York City.

Or the early-bird specially-priced tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

It wasn’t the sudden chill in the air, nor the leaves flying by as I stepped out of my car at the end of a long work day.

Or even glancing at the calendar and seeing it was already November 12th.

It wasn’t reading about Thanksgiving on a Twitter post, Facebook status, or MySpace update.

You might think it was because I already had a cool Christmas tree idea in the works for this year and all of the necessary lights and ornaments already purchased. But no.

It was chocolate turkeys:

Chocolate turkeys are elusive creatures.

Chocolate turkeys — rare creatures that only come out in the weeks preceding the holiday and no time else. They are more elusive than chocolate bunnies for Easter, chocolate Santas for Christmas, and chocolate hearts for Valentine’s Day.

These turkeys only come out in November. And that’s a good thing, because they are so delicious and I would be eating chocolate turkeys all year long if I could…