The Santa Claus of Halloween

“Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” William Shakespeare (Hamlet / Act 3 / Scene 2)

Many years ago, traveling the country on a baseball adventure with my buddy Chris, I had reason to prowl through the haunted woods of upstate New York. We were navigating our way to Cooperstown to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame. Passi…