One mother says that she is always sorry when Christmas is over because she knows that after her family has hung up their stockings on Christmas Eve it will be a whole year before any one of them will hang up anything again. (1)

After Christmas, Lucy mutters, "Rats! Phooey! Everything is hopeless! Who cares?"

Charlie Brown asks, "Lucy, what in the world is the matter with you?"

Again she shouts, "Rats! Phooey!" The last cartoon shows her walking away only to turn and drop a casual comment to the puzzled Charlie Brown. "Of course you realize," she says, "that I'm just experiencing my regular, post-Christmas letdown." (2)

Most of us are sad to see Christmas pass. I hope this was the best Christmas ever at your house.

Brenda Roberts of Stone Mountain, Georgia is a Sunday School teacher. …