I'm going to need to take some time off in January to recover from December! Let's see so far; my ear infection came back and I caught a cold, my mom's birthday, my youngest son's birthday, three Christmas parties and a dinner for 120 people that I'll be preparing with only one assistant. That's all during last week and this coming week. I still have all of my Christmas shopping to do and decorating of the house. The tree went up last night. Any one expecting a "real" Christmas card from me this year can kiss my large round posterior!

I know a lot of people are up in arms about the whole Happy Holidays thing but frankly I'm having a hard time really seeing this as a problem. I'm a Christian so for me this is Christmas. If I were Swahili I might be celebrating Kwanza or if I were Jewish it'd be Hanukkah. If I were Pagan I might like celebrating the Solstice and then we all get into New Years.

Whatever.

This is the "holidays" therefore I will wish you a happy one. This is the season for winter festivities. Jesus was born some time in April. The organized Church (A.D. 320) decided to join in with the existing winter type parties and CREATE their own. I mean really, what the hell does pine trees, jolly fat men, annoying multicolored flashing lights or mistletoe have to do with the birth of Christ. I don't hear anyone chanting death to the snowmen!