Onward Christmas Soldiers

Now that Thanksgiving is safely in the rearview mirror, the attention of most of my fellow countrymen has now turned to Christmas.  Cyber Monday is upon us and according to NPR we will be spending at least 6 billion dollars online today.  A majority of the spending will be on stuff most of us will thank the giver for and promptly deposit in a closet somewhere out of sight.  Having participated in 66 Christmases as a giver and receiver of gifts, I am torn by the desire to give versus the near certainty that most of the gifts will probably wind up in the aforementioned closet.  Ah, the Christmas spirit is here!