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Very nice, Wil: A mostly peaceful resolution to an out-of-bounds confrontation. I hope I'm as sane this weekend. Similar situation, but it's my older brothers and stepfather who can't seem to stop "Spin"ing, which leads to a technicolor regurgitation of the bile they've swallowed.
I've given up fighting the big issues -- it's easier and more productive just to take a nice long walk -- but when this so-called "War on Christmas" came up at Thanksgiving, I tried, gently, to probe exactly who is being denied the right to celebrate Christmas? And did they know what American group had succeeded in banning Christmas (the Puritans), and why? And why, exactly, did they experience such heartfelt reverence for Roman Saturnalia and Nordic winter holiday symbols?
But something ugly happened...so I took a nice long walk. The sun was shining.
