By Susan McLain Sullivan

Here We Are Again! Like the refrain from the famous holiday carol, we have truly landed in early December. Tis not the season for the faint-hearted.

With now fewer than 10 days and Hanukkah’s bright lights will appear (begins at sunset on Dec. 14); fewer than 19 days remain until Christmas Eve (begins at the stroke of 12:01 A.M. Dec. 24), and there is not even a full month to wait to Kawanzaa (begins Dec. 26).

Even if you are reading this online in Timbuktu—relax. There’s still time and a multitude of options to buy gifts for all variety of festive and holiday occasions, according to Susan M. Hoffman, Director of Retail & Licensing at George Washington’s Mount Vernon . She and two assistants research and order specialized inventory made exclusively for the S

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