xmas morning five years later and xmas day doesn't bother me quite so much. i had such a run of strange years leading into that xmas overnight/early morning/day. i'd had major anxiety attacks at finding every supermarket closed on xmas day. i'd been driving through what seemed like the middle of nowhere in texas in the middle of the night only to find a huge glowing white cross in front of me. now, i've seen that cross in the daylight (and the larger one here in illinois), and i've got two restaurants i like that are open and deliver on xmas day.