>My mother finds this all very upsetting; she's really into the Holiday
>Spirit thing and can't understand why I always dread the coming of
>December. (Next couple of years it's going to be even more
>annoying than usual, too, thanks to the damn Tolkien movies.)

Drive up to my folks' place and let my mom adopt you. She DESPISES Christmas and usually starts grumping around about the week before Thanksgiving. ;)

I'm pretty neutral about it, aside from overly-religious family members reminding me that I have to go to church because they made me opt into a religion I no longer profess and they consider that a lifetime agreement. :P

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