Between 1 and 4, the visible part of the Delaware Valley is as still as the night before Christmas. Most of them had lists. The lists came from an absent spouse sitting in front of a television set somewhere, Getzinger said. Nothing is done on Sunday afternoons anymore. Leaves sit piled on each other across lawns and blow across streets.
Toolboxes remain shut.
Rakes remain hung in the garage. The stockings are not being hung by the chimney with care. Not yet, anyway. A typically autumn Sunday, like the one two weekends ago when the Eagles played the Cardinals, are mostly devoid of adult males between the ages of 18 and 65 working outdoors. Last year we'd rather have had a Thursday night Flyers game than a Sunday Eagles game.