I really dig the holidays. I love to listen to the music, put up decorations, think about the days when I was a kid and we did all sorts of things for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This might look like a Christmas-centric picture to some folks, but my family made decorating the Christmas tree a part of Thanksgiving Day instead. We'd do that while the food was cooking and we'd go over what we found really interesting all the time. Not as dorky as 'what are you thankful for?' but more like 'This is something I learned to do in recent months that I'm proud of.'

I'm not a fan of religions, I admit. But for me, the holidays and family have little to do with that.