I saw Santa today, driving in his big red van over by Surdyk's! He waved at me, as if to say "I see you when you're sleeping, I know when you're awake, I know when you are stressing out, so relax, for goodness sake!" Santa is a busy man right now, as the clutter on his dashboard indicates, but I'm here to report that he looks very jolly, merry even. So, as we enter this season of familial obligation, commercial exploitation and impossible expectation, take a cue from the big man and take it easy on yourself; it's your van, if you will, and you can clean it out later if you want... or not. Ho, ho, ho!