Goodbye October, hello to November. It's goodbye to bones and the color orange, and pumpkins and ghost stories, and pretending that an entire month is a holiday.

Wait, just kidding--that's absolutely the opposite of what happens in the layover period of November, between the months of Halloween and Christmas. Although turkey days get the short end of the stick (but, as I understand it, American families also eat turkey for Christmas dinner), there are quite a few good things that come with them. So even if global warming's got you down, here are six indulgent things, in no particular order, that you can keep getting away with during the month of November.

1. PUMPKIN PRODUCTS

Duh! The only other limited-time flavor of the year is peppermint, and maybe cinnamon, and those have to wait until the public has overfed on pie and grown tired of the giant, orange, hard-shelled berry that is the pumpkin. Corporations have got to milk these foodstuffs for all they've got, not to mention capitalize on scented concoctions for dousing the air and lathering your body. If you Google image search "pumpkin products," the results page is incredible and terrifying.

2. HALLOWEEN MEMORABILIA

In my neighborhood back home--okay, in a neighborhood richer and nicer than mine, but super nearby--there was a corner house who had lawn inflatables for every conceivable occasion and every calendar holiday. After Halloween, they'd take down their Great Pumpkin or Snoopy or whatever it was, and put a gigantic floppy turkey in front of their house.

No! Don't decorate with leaves and cornucopias--leave out those jack-o-lanterns until they rot, put a Santa cap on the hanging skeletons, and wear those tacky but pretty cute Halloween sweaters while you can! As for freaky animatronics, you can throw them away!

3. IN-SEASON MOVIES

Did you ever walk through the aisles of Blockbuster Video and wander into the scary movie section when you were, like, a little child, and every box cover was horrifying? I just had war flashbacks, so you get this picture instead. But whether you're a horror buff or a huge Hall-o-weenie like me, you're only going to get away with watching your typical films about witches and mystery and good old-fashioned gore for a couple more weeks before December locks that right down for at least a month or two.

4. AUTUMN COLORS

Listen. We all understand that Florida, especially central Florida, doesn't really work this way. But by the unwritten law of seasonal aesthetic, pairing colors like black and orange and browns and greens goes out of style by Christmas time. Then it's all creamy whites and pine green and blood red. Listen, you can't even use a descriptor like "blood red" around Christmas. "There goes Saint Nick in his suit splashed red like freshly spilled blood." The point is, enjoy the spooky fall look while it lasts.

5. CHRISTMAS MUSIC

People will fight you. Both your friends and family and the general populace will fight you. But by all measures, the day after Halloween opens up the floor for holiday music. So what if you're a little early. Stores start putting out fake Christmas trees at the beginning of October. Once, after receiving a box set of rock opera Christmas music on Christmas day, I played it for approximately the next five months. You must be strong.

6. "UNHEALTH," AS IT WERE

To be fair to the man in the picture, he is a Maryland orthodontist who gives cash for unopened candy so that children's teeth don't fall out of their heads. He doesn't eat all that sucrose either, he sends candy and toothbrushes to troops. But for the most part, Americans of means get three unanimously recognized months off the hook from health, and we are all happy about it.

First it's candy. Freely given or discount, there are giant heaps of old, melted candy that you find stashed away for years afterward. Then it's Thanksgiving dinner, where you're expected to pig out. Then, in a glorious twist of fate, Christmas (et al, as far as I can tell, but I've only personally experienced Christmas) combines the two, and throws in extra sweets for good measure.

HOLIDAY BONUS: CALLING PEOPLE OUT

The Pope (who is no longer Pope) is so ready to shout "Sinners, what's good?" in Latin.

This is a beloved, yearlong pastime of the enlightened and the angry, but it is especially easy around this time of year to spot or to overhear the more #problematic people around you. Feel free to point them out to your friends as you encounter them for a fun new twist on classic games such as Punch Buggy or Where's Waldo.