And then it will be gone, like in a day. So try to catch the spirit and give some money to deserving people. Katha Pollitt gives an excellent list of deserving people in her
column here.
If you don't celebrate Christmas you should have your head examined. Oops. That was wingnuttery slipping in. The point of the war against holidays is to make sure that all non-Christians (including pagan goddesses) will feel excluded during this holiday time. Because "holidays" is inclusive, it is bad. Get it? But I say that you can donate to Katha's list even if you believe in the great macaroni man or Echidne.