For Christmas eve, I got three cards from my family, who do not acknowledge me the other 364 days of the year. The attempted lesson by my mother was to give me guilt trips about how I don't return the calls they don't make. (There was no mention of me in my parents' Christmas letter to family and friends!) The actual lesson learned was that my two brothers getting married was a good thing, not just for the neices and nephews thing but because they now have women to write and send their Christmas cards for them.
But enough with the bile -- hope everyone had a fine holiday / Thursday and that in a week from now, a day that everyone can enjoy no matter what your religion, shit works out well for the duration of 2009.
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Say something cryptic then leave snickering.