I've tinseled the tree, packaged the presents, cooked all the courses, and got wasted on wine. I've prepared the pastries, baked the bread, spiked the soup, carted the Christmas cards, fired the furnace, eaten the eggnog, and made up some more. I've hired some hobos, played one-player Parcheesi, organized the ornaments, decorated the doorways, meddled with the mistletoe, and
donated to the downtrodden.
Consumerism? Commercialism? Capitalism? I
love this holiday.