I agree, Cheyanne. If I could sit in my living room and watch the lights and listen to the carols and be with my family ... well, that's about all I'd really care about for Christmas. It's too bad the peace of the season has to be disturbed by clanging cash registers.

Did you see the news yesterday of lady's fighting at the entrance to a store because "someone was trying to cut in line?" Made me think of the lyrics to a Yogi Yorgisson song, "Peace on earth everyone, then someone slugs uncle Ben."