>"Bah, humbug!" to you, too, Ebenezer! ;-)

Dickens started an avalanche, indeed. Which reminds me of one true winter pleasure, if weather serves this year... now where's... oh, I haven't bought a snow shovel yet!

Believe me, I've come to like shoveling snow. Nice exercise, going out with a reason, no noise (snow dampens it a lot), and nobody trying to sell me anything the whole time.