Happy Merry Joyous Christmakwanzachaunnikayule.

I love the holidays. I really really do.

But I hate people around the holidays.

I don't mean I just hate people, but I hate how they are around the holidays. Not everyone, but the people who get so nervous. They want everything to be perfect for the holidays. They want to be sure to get the perfect gift, they want to make sure everything goes exactly as planned.

Those people make me nervous. Because nothing ever goes exactly as planned. The longer you spend thinking about a gift, generally, the worse the person hates it. I have found that the gifts people love the most are the ones you pass, they catch your eye, and make you think of someone. If you spend the whole year trying to decide exactly what to get someone for Christmas, they are going to hate it. It's the law.

So take a stroll through a mall, catalog, website or whatever with a blank mind, and let things jump out at you. Don't sit and dwell because you'll never think of something good.