Today hasn't been a bad Christmas, really.
Due to the renovations in progress on my family's house, it had been kind of been decided at some point around a month ago (I think I first heard of it on Thanksgiving) that we wouldn't put up a Christmas tree or any decorations, which I was perfectly fine with, considering the last several years where I've been one of the people that carry, or help carry, one or both of our Christmas trees, Christmas tree ornaments, and Christmas decorations up from the basement. Apparently my younger brother was upset about it (he hasn't spent the last five years [or thereabouts] carrying heavy stuff up from the