ML: Ready Or Not, Here Comes Xmas

I’m getting there. “There” this week is the point where I can answer “yes” when the umpteenth person asks me, “Are ya all ready for Christmas?” I think everybody asks with the same intent that goes along with the perennial automatic question, “How are you?” Half the time, we don’t really care how the other person is; it’s just something to say, and usually the answer is “fine.” Occasionally, I catch myself halfway between “fi” and “ne,” flog myself for lying and spout out a much more truthful, ” No, I’m not fine. I’m sick and I have too much work to do and my pet mouse died this morning”/ Marianne Love , Slight Detour. More here .

Question: What do you have to do to finish getting ready for Christmas?