Top Ten Reasons to Celebrate Old Christmas Day

10. Two more weeks to get your Christmas cards mailed.

9. The fruitcake from Great-Aunt Bertha has 12 more days to petrify.

8. Chances for a “White Christmas” are better in January.

7. You have room to pig out again a few days after all the other parties are over.

6. Airports are less-crowded.

5. You don’t have to start your New Year’s diet until after January 6th.

4. No more checkstops. You can go back to driving above the speed limit because the cops have returned to regular schedules.

3. You can do all your shopping when everything is on sale.

2. All your annoying relatives who show up on December 25th won’t stay long when they find out there’s no dinner and no presents.

1. Beautiful Christmas trees are free. Take your pick, curbside, on the streets.

Copyright 2007 Dan Bub