Merry Chistmas! Happy New Year! Jingle Bells Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O'er the hills we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits fly Oh what fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh - hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh Did you know?!.. ~ Interesting facts about Christmas Most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. Puritans banned Christmas because they felt it had become best known for gambling, flamboyant public behavior, and overindulgence in food and drink. Before the 19th century families almost never exchanged Christmas gifts among themselves. Levels of Christmas Festivity ~ Have a laugh :-D Your guests are chatting amiably with each other, admiring your Christmas-tree ornaments, singing carols around the upright piano, sipping at their drinks and nibbing hors d'oeuvres. Your guests are talking loudly - sometimes to each other, sometimes to nobody at all, rearranging your Christmas-tree ornaments, singing "I Gotta Be Me" around the upright piano, gulping their drinks and wolfing down hors d'oeuvres. Your guests are arquing violently with inanimate objects, singing "I can't get no satisfaction," gulping down other people's drinks, wolfing down Christmas-tree ornaments, and placing hors d'oeuvres in the upright piano to see what happens when the little hammers strike. Your guests, hors d'oeuvres smeared all over their naked bodies, are performing a ritual dance around the burning Christmas tree. The piano is missing. You want to keep your party somewhere around level 3, unless you rent your home and own firearms, in which case you can go to level 4. The best way to get to level 3 is egg-nog.