One of my favorite PEANUTS cartoons has Lucy coming to Charlie Brown and saying, "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. Since it’s this time of the season, I think we ought to bury past differences and try to be kind."

Charlie Brown asks, "Why does it just have to be this time of the season? Why can’t it be all year long?"

Lucy looks at him and exclaims, "What are you, some kind of fanatic?"

One more Peanuts bit of wisdom. Lucy has a score to settle with Charlie Brown. She chases him, shouting, "I’ll get you, Charlie Brown! I’ll get you. I’ll knock your block off!"

Charlie Brown, who has been running full speed, stops, turns around and says, "Wait a minute! Hold everything! We can’t carry on like this! We have no right to act this way . . . The world is filled with problems . . . People hurt…