Last Christmas (2004), the staff had asked me if we could leave it up, so that's when we started.

When Halloween merchandise starts to sell, moving in Christmas merchandise is a natural transition.

Malls were packed on Christmas Eve. It will go down as one of the biggest days before Christmas on record. Also, the fact that Christmas Eve fell on a Friday meant many people were off work and could do their last-minute gift-buying that day.

We work really hard. If you don't have fun and humor in this field, then you struggle to make it.

It's an integral part of health care to have fun. It's important for the staff and the patients.

Hobby Lobby has St. Patrick's ornaments and garland and valentine's, but back to school -- that was another story. I had to make blocks, little crayons tied together. I tied those in little bundles for ornaments.