The holidays
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Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.
—Johnny Carson
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I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
—Erma Bombeck
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The awkward moment when Santa has the same wrapping paper as your parents.
—Unknown
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The only time of the year in which one can sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of socks.
—Unknown
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On any given day you could be an Entrance Elf, a Water Cooler Elf, a Bridge Elf, Train Elf, Maze Elf, Island Elf, Magic Window Elf, Emergency Exit Elf, Counter Elf, Magic Tree Elf, Pointer Elf, Santa Elf, Photo Elf, Usher Elf, Cash Register Elf, Runner Elf, or Exit Elf. I think I’ll be a low-key sort of elf.
—David Sedaris
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Poem: When Giving is All We Have
Poem: Perhaps the World Ends Here
Oh Christmas Tree (Your Ornaments Are History)
Jim Gaffigan on holiday traditions
Poems of Jewish faith and culture
List of multinational festivals and holidays
A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott)
The most unsettling Christmas Carol
John Denver & the Muppets Christmas
100 best Christmas movies of all time
50 best holiday songs of all time
Best Christmas specials of all time
Why families fight during the holidays
Families' weird holiday traditions, illustrated
All hail dead week, the best week of the year
America: Where the poor don't get holidays off
How to enjoy the holidays your way