Christmas or Nightmare

Here we are again, 12 months later, pretending that this is "the most wonderful time of the year." Now don't get me wrong, I love the Holidays, just the fact that the weather is cold(it is almost alway hot is Southern California), nevertheless, the typical crunch time shopping is always stressful, my wife forgot to put the dog collar on and of course, our little pomerainian, Colby, is missing....Now, I'm going through the annual throes of attending Christmas Parties. Although, I love everyone there, it is really a shame we can't see each other more then once a year. My 4 sons are killing us with their fighting... oh well, I'll take a deep breath and reassemble them...