I feel like I'm home. I love your descriptions of the typical Christmas day with family.

i hate exclamation marks but heyhey, they have a purpose here. i like this, though i don't love it. bahaha. i'm not quite a christmas person. still, you describe well as usual, and the scene is well built up. booyah! kismet.

Laden with subtle irony and satire. Should be labeled—take in small doses, lest your fragile veneer split asunder. m