You say you hate Washington’s Birthday or Thanksgiving and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas and people treat you like you’re a leper. — Gremlins

You know, admitting to friends and family that I dislike the Christmas season is usually more jarring than telling anti-gun in-laws that I have a pistol on my belt.  Even complete strangers seem aghast that I don’t walk around wrapped in tinsel and singing old Burl Ives ditties.

Please, enjoy your holiday, but leave me out of it.  We’ll all be happier that way.