The Holiday Season Is Upon Us: Ho, Ho or OH, Woe?
Ho, Ho or Oh, Woe, depending on which Americans you talk to now that the holiday season is upon us. Some 55 million Americans gave up the peace and undisturbed quiet of working from home to visit relatives and friends for this past weekend’s Thanksgiving celebration, about two-thirds ignoring the high price of gasoline, the balance (4.5 million) the vagaries of what was once called scheduled airline service, others taking to buses, trains or cruise ships, the latter often but not always permitted to complete a round-trip voyage.