IN THE INTERIM Since Labor Day, the stores have been preparing for the Christmas Season.  On September 27th Patty and I walked into the Lowe’s in Farmville to find all the Christmas decorations on full display.  We also took advantage of the lighted displays and took our annual Christmas picture, sending copies to our family. We are now also seeing, if not already, all the Christmas specials and movies on television.  Some are nostalgic.  One in particular for me is “A Christmas Story.”  Little Ralphie wanted a Red Rider BB Gun.  I remember as a child wanting a BB gun.  I would spend hours looking at it in the Best Products catalog.  Ralphie had a mother that comforted him after he got into a fight with the local bully.  I recall my mother comforting me after a bully beat me up across the street. And like Ralphie’s father, mine was always ready to jump in to fix whatever was broken as soon as it happened.  This is a time of year when many remember back to their childhood, family gatherings, and Christmas mornings from times that have passed. But we need to sometimes put our minds to what is to come. We are now in the Season of Advent. According to the New Oxford American...