Thought for the day.

When you don't observe Decmber 25th as Christmas, but alot of your close friends and family do, you get Christmas dinner. Of sorts.

1. Always wander into the kitchen to ask if you can help. If all else fails, you'll learn how to make the semi-infamous punch.
   
2. This is a bad time of the year to start an Atkins diet. (It's also especially bad when you have to ask, "can I eat this?" and there's someone sitting there, deliberately saying "yes".)
   
3. It doesn't matter what's on TV, because channel 49 has "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" -- the original one with Fred Astaire -- and that is as festive as it's going to get. *(I'd been waiting all week for that one.)*
   
4. "Yankee Trader" is a really fun game, if you don't take it seriously. It's also called "Steal the Presents". Every one pulls a number. The first person picks a present at random, and unwraps it. The second person picks a present, unwraps it, then gets the option of keeping it, or stealing (trading with) the first person's present. The third person takes a present, unwraps it, and can keep it, or steal (trade) with either of the first two. And so on.
   
5. You can dress in a casual manner, if you have the proper shoes. The proper shoes are slippers that look like reindeer, and have bells on the antlers. The second you move your feet, they jingle.
   

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