All done? The rush about over? Any problems? If you were shopping for people like me, there were probably some - I am difficult to shop for. Not that I am so picky or finicky, it is just that, what I want, I buy. No need for anyone else to get it for me, I already have it. If I do not, it is probably too big or too expensive, so I forget about it. Thus, folks are stuck with going for golf balls or cologne or ties -- items which are pretty prosaic, but they are safe, and I can always use them. This does not mean that I do not need or want anything else. But a new car or a healthy chunk off my mortgage are pretty much out of the ball park.

There is one gift I need though, and, as the children's pageant last week reminded, I need it 365 days a year. And you need it too. All I want for Christ…