Ho Ho Ho and a Bit of Humbug

Happy Holidays....I think.
Terry Shames here, writing about what I love about the holidays and what drives me crazy. Short answer: everything does both.
I heard an interesting factoid a few days ago. Before Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, only the “lower classes” celebrated Christmas--with gifts and good cheer. The “upper classes” pretty much ignored it. I’d love to know more about that subject, but it seems to be the perfect metaphor for the oddities of the holidays. “Class” aside, some peopl...