Anticipation, so the song goes, is "makin' me late, is keepin' me waitin'"... and after the anticipation of the excitement and celebration of Christmas, the let-down that I was not anticipatin' wants to rear its ugly head.  Peace on earth is no longer the refrain; instead I am back...

I read that the 2nd busiest shopping day of the year is December 26th -- the day after Christmas -- not only for the sales but for the number of people who are returning or exchanging gifts they received that they didn't really want or need.

We don't think about exchanges all that...