Many Happy Returns

It is the day after Christmas. The stores will be filled with people returning their gifts. There will be long lines and inpatient people. One year, I was quite surprised to find the return line at a major toy store was empty. Everyone felt that the day after Christmas would be the worst day to return gifts, so they stayed home. Reverse psychology. The only problem was, that the next day, all of the crowds were there, so I guess a lesson was learned. Shopping and psychology do not mix. Today, emotions will be running high on the return line. There will be the happy people who find out that their gifts cost more than they thought. There will be the angry people who realize that they spent much more money on their friends or family, than was spent on them. There will be the fighters who did not get a gift receipt and are not happy to have to accept a store credit. 'Tis the season to be jolly, is a thing of the past. We are now back to reality.