[fabsroman]

Billy,

What is sad is that at first I typed holiday season out of habit and then said screw it, went back, and put Christmas in there. Not because I don't believe in the holiday season greeting (i.e., all my holiday cards say Happy Holidays on them for my office), but because Christmas was more appropriate (i.e., I believe it has more to do with the commercialization of the season than anything else. You rarely find minoras on sale in late October/early November).

What kills me about the Christmas season is the sheer amount of commercialization that goes with it. I wonder if it was like this 100 years ago. Yesterday, I had a mailbox full of catalogs. One was a Cabelas last minute Christmas catalog, like the Cabelas Christmas catalog I received a week ago wasn't enough.

Quite honestly, I despise Christmas because of the money aspect of it. I try to boycott the money aspect of it, but I don't think I am having much effect on it. Kind of like my boycott of professional sports. Was I ever surprised to find out that the leagues can continue on without my support.

At the end of the day, it still is a holiday season and I don't mean to offend anybody. I just think that Christmas is the season that has the most to do with the gift giving and REQUIRED money spending.

Everybody please have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year, and Happy Holiday season, but above all else, stay safe.