Sal, your words rain hard on my heart. Disappointment is a bitter pill to swallow and it's no party to puke it up. You sure can't lecture DD about how her DH should behave, and ya' can't give her a talkin' to over the TG thing.

C'mon up here, we'll hang, stay in our jammies and make fun of Jack together, it'll be great!


My Christmas spirit escaped me several years ago and now I merely go through the motions in as minimal a way as possible.

For me, it's pretty simple, no kids, too many grown-ups, just enough beer. I guess that I just don't get it the way others do. This is a thing between God and me and the rest is really a lot of hype and trading a lot of junk. The best part of it all for me is my quiet time and the sing-along of Handel's Messiah on Christmas eve, it means a lot to me.