i WENT TO MY sister's house a week ago, the whole family was there: mom, we 5 kids, 4 spouses, their kids & the 3 4th generation great nephews and niece. Lasagna was served of two types, & garlic bread.

(<-- would be nice to have a lips licking smiley).
Yesterday, thankfully Xmas came & went w/o incident.
Many years ago, I suffered from depression around this time of year, as it reminded me of my lonely life of rather less than fulfillment.

Now, not much has changed, except that this no longer bothers me. I hope nobody here suffers from Christmas depression; though, I believe it is not uncommon.
For myself, I just ordered 3

books from Amazon; 2 about character illustrations, the other about

himself, though it releases next July.