Email: Christmas Schmwischmwas [SD]

I think people procrastinate when they want to avoid something. Men don’t really want to go (Christmas or any) shopping so we put it off till the last minute-—that sort of thing. [My Christmas tree went up Nov. 27 but] I haven’t even thought about [shopping] yet (made a list much less checked it twice). I wish everyone else shared my view of the holiday: Christmas season is not the two months before December 25 (with some people pulling down their Christmas tree even before going to bed on Dec. 25); there are twelve days of Christmas, starting with December 25--so as long as I send all my cards and deliver all my presents by January 6, I’m not late at all!