An old Reader's Digest story tells about a family who moved to Seattle from Texas. The whole family was missing Texas, especially when Christmas was just around the corner and the whole place was covered in snow. We like it snow on Christmas morning or Christmas Eve, just as long as it's all gone by the time we get on the road to go to visit our families, right

Well anyway, this woman said she went to pick up our first-grade son from school, his teacher told me about a conversation she overheard as the kids were talking about Christmas break. One boy said, "We're Catholic, and we are going to Christmas Mass."

Another little boy said, "We're Jewish, and we're going to have a Hanukkah celebration."

Her little boy chimed in and said, "We're Texans, and we're going to have a barbecue." (1)…