marketing guys figured out a way to make those 12 days of Christmas last for the other 353 days of the year ? So deck the halls and please stop leaving Santa those fattening chocolate chip cookies -- he's gained a lot of weight during the past 200-plus years. And I say unto ye -- Fa la la la la, la la la la. Happy holidays, cousins. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bruce Morrow.