Note to self for next Christmas: If you’re working in the same place, take the week between Christmas and New Year’s off. Better yet, go work for a place that’s closed that week. Better still, the whole country should just look at it like the U.S. version of August in Europe and just close up shop.

Why, yes, I’m feeling Grinchy right now, so here’s my Lenox Grinch ornament. Sometimes it’s like that.