[Mr. Mulliner]

Are you ready for the big holiday?

[Mr. Mulliner]

Molly, where are you and where have you been?

[M Kehoe]

#251

One color short of Christmas, one candle short of Hanukkah.

I sound like Neil Armstrong. Sheesh.

5.56mm

[Miss Marple]

Time for Miss Marple's new holiday in honor of her Danish side of the family: The Nine Nights of the Nordic Lights!

We will emphasize self-reliance, ice-fishing, open-faced sandwiches, and Danish pastries. Cross-country skiing is the official sport.

Why not? It is just as valid as Kwanza!

What gripes me about Kwanza is not the holiday itself...heck, it's a free country.

What drives me nuts is that although this is a made-up holiday, the news people act like it is a centuries-old African tradition. It was started by a Berkley professor in 1966!

Now the news people give us lessons about Swahili, and African food, and such, all tied in to this "African" holiday, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST IN AFRICA BECAUSE IT IS A MADE-UP AMERICAN HOLIDAY!!!

/rant>