For the next two days, nothing about Trump and COVID-19, except that yesterday was one of the worst for the USA, with 232,342 new cases and 3401 new deaths.  The ominous development might be South Africa, now into their mid-summer, but with cases and deaths suddenly increasing.  With the UK, they have the highly infectious coronavirus. If this mutation spreads across Africa... I was sent the following Christmas lights display from  Dyker Heights in New York .  Nice, but nothing compared to other exhibits the world over .  The thought of Christmas and something extra might have started in Germany with their evergreen trees brought inside the home in the 16th century.  Poinsettias?  This idea came from Mexico, and more specifically, U.S. minister to that country, Joel Poinsett.  The British in the 18th century changed the image of the mistletoe from a poisonous plant to a festive kissing trap. But all those lights at Christmas?  An American tra...