It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Mount Vernon, NY

INSIDE a warehouse on an industrial stretch of road here, workers holding bunches of red berries and glittery Christmas ornaments dash between aisles of boxes filled with ribbons and pine cones, as 18-foot candy canes made of chicken wire and garland tower above them.

For the past month, employees of American Christmas have packed 25 trucks a day with trees, wreaths and menorahs bound for the lobbies of New York skyscrapers and landmarks like Radio City Music Hall. By Dec 10, the warehouse will be empty.

"It is a short season, but for the next several weeks, none of us plan to get much sleep," said Fred Schwam, the company's chief executive, as he wandered through the 110,000-square-foot building. He pointed out panthers covered in hundreds of t…