Worse than that, for almost half of the rest of the Christmas season they're grousing that the holidays are over.
Quite so. I think it was William F. Buckley’s sister Aloise who observed that her family had the spirit of Christmas around mid-November, and the Spirit of Ash Wednesday by December 25!
I’ve been pregnant more often than most people (although not more often than Aloise Buckley), and you’d better believe you’re not *celebrating* the birth of your baby when you’re 8 months pregnant. You’re *waiting*, with varying levels of anxiety, misery, and joyful hope.