Trares The kitchen table looked like the fall section of a craft store had thrown up all over it. Pumpkins in all shapes, sizes, colors and materials were stacked in a row. Homey wooden signs proclaiming “Harvest” and “Spooky” were ready for the windowsills. Smiling ghosts and scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns were everywhere you turned. As a centerpiece, a black ceramic Christmas tree, covered in orange and purple lights, stood among it all. I had finally relented. My family was bugging me for weeks to start getting out the fall and Halloween decorations. Even when it was still mid-August, they were ready to move on to the next season — making…