We have just a month until Christmas. I feel like this can’t be right — the year is almost OVER? — but the evidence is overwhelming.

So let’s make every day count — not just regarding your health, but with everything else that makes the last month of the year that hair-tearing combo of challenging and wonderful: Shopping, working hard to take vacation, going the extra mile with family and friends to remind them exactly how much you love them.

Many of you emailed to say you’d Turkey-trotted: Well done! The boyfriend and I did about 3 miles. Most of you forgot your cameras; lost the cord; your dog ate it; etc. So after the jump (and on this page, the scarecrow), here’s a couple pics from my walk through West Los Angeles.