Verbal High Fives

Many people think that Christmas is a stressful time of the year and it is; what with black ice on the roads, unprecedented exposure to Carollers, the strain of gift shopping in a recession, and the alarming increase of grown adults dressed as Elves - replete with green tights and short shorts - appearing in our Shopping Centers. But the main problem with Christmas is not the challenge of wrapping Christmas presents successfully without getting your hamster/cat/Chihuahua stuck in the wrapping tape. The REAL problem with Christmas is raisins. Christmas is the time to survive on Goodwill To All Men. And raisins. In fact, the term “Merry Christmas” was originally taken from the term “Feliz Navidad” which is Spanish for “Who needs more raisins?” That’s because raisins, never content to just sit around in a dark cupboard at Christmas, feel the need to go out and infiltrate Festive snacks in some kind of world domination way.  For years now, most Christmas related foo...