Pay Saks disease: A mania for buying gifts and abusing credit lines followed by a compulsive urge to carry 10 shopping bags at once.
Seasonal Affection Disorder: An exaggerated emotional response (typically shrieking and air-kissing) triggerd by seeing insignificant acquaintances at annual parties.
Gift-aphasia: Loss of memory that causes the accidental recycling of gifts back to the same people who gave them to you last year.
"All that time spent selecting and decorating, and a week after Christmas, you see the tree by the side of the road, like a mob hit. A car slows down, and a tree rolls out."
Writing one of those annoying holiday newsletters ?? Here's how......
*Open strong with a passive-aggressive attack on a loved one - "This year is barreling to a close as cousin Deborah spends yet another Saturday at the wine shop.
* Brag about any new job developments - especially if you don't deserve them. "I got promoted this year to VP ...shows how little they really know about my past."
* If you want to cement your status as least favorite distant cousins, just write the most dreaded words in the English language: "We thought it would be cool if we shared what's going on as a PowerPoint presentation."