Wonderful Christmas Time

When you finish your holiday shopping before December even begins, the two-week run-up to the 24th seems to take forever. Parties that seemed like things to look forward to now can't come and go fast enough, and having to spend 24 hours with immediate family in high-stress surroundings hardly puts you in the festive spirit. All it takes for me to get right back into it though is a quiet dark room with a lit tree and an excellent version of O Holy Night... it's not easy to bring Yule-oriented tears to the eyes of a an atheist, but somehow this does it every time.