Ah, the holidays — a time of giving, of good cheer and perhaps most of all, of cherished family traditions. Who doesn’t feel a little thrill from, for example, taking down from the attic all the holiday decorations — to be replaced immediately by the bathroom scale, the services of which will not be needed for the duration of the holidays, thank you very much.
One holiday tradition I still have trouble with is the issue of tipping. Nowadays whenever December rolls around, I can’t help but feel like everyone I come into contact with has a hand out, whether it’s the mail carrier, the garbage collectors, the newspaper delivery person, the neighborhood delinquents, etc.
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