"What you have around here is the working poor," said Scott Miller, assistant manager at 149th Street Pawn Brokers, well into the seasonal spirit as the sun slanted down onto the storefronts on the icy morning after Thanksgiving.

Many of the holiday traditions familiar to Americans, like decorating Christmas trees and baking fruitcake, originated in this region, and there are few better places to get in the seasonal spirit.

If an occasional note seems to go awry and the show as a whole never attains a pinnacle of exhilaration, the cast goes at the material with energy and seasonal spirit that add up to a good time.

NOSTALGIA for a home filled with the heavenly aromas of holiday cooking is as much a part of the seasonal spirit as last-minute shopping.

Granny Takes a Trip: She may not be home for Christmas (she's usually skiing in Vail), but Nan Kempner, the social doyenne, definitely gets into the seasonal spirit.

So this was Christmas Day The :lay when I was going to step out of the world for a spell and luxuriate in the seasonal spirit.

Harry Redknapp must hope Daniel Levy gets caught up in the seasonal spirit and provides him with a neatly wrapped, brand new attacking player.

In the seasonal spirit of sharing, we've put together a list of all the trusted, nifty and useful links which we've found have got us through seasons past.

The seasonal spirit pervades two symphonic programs as well.

I've enough references to seasonal spirit in the rest of the issue.