Christmas time is probably the most joyous time in our office. Christmas is the time for Christmas bonuses, balcony decorating contests, decorating the office, candy, and the office Christmas party! Christmas is the time of year that I fully believe nothing can go wrong. It’s the time of year that every person I tour will sign a lease with me, angry parents walk in and forget why they’re angry, angry residents won’t come in at all, and even the grumpiest person in our office (whom I will not name) puts a little perk in his/her voice!

There seems to be only one major eye sore in my Christmas Spirit theory. The problem with this is that NOTHING HAS CHANGED. During Christmas time the plants don’t emit some pheromone that changes people’s moods. The government doesn’t spray the skies with some sort of drug to put people in the Christmas spirit. The fact is that this goodness and this amiability is in us all the time. So why in the world is it that only during Christmas time, are the parents I deal with only tolerable in December? Who knows, but thank you Lord for the birth of your son. Thank you in so many ways.