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Cash,
Three weeks stranded in Tel Aviv gives you time to radically reevaluate.
Last night, it occured to me:

Make Christmas a holiday every OTHER year.

Imagine. A whole three months of financial, emotional and frivolous expectations GONE! Less Americans drowning in debt. No more getting up at 4AM for department store sales every year to convince yourself you saved $100 (despite spending $300). In the Christmas off years, Wall Street analyst will track the effects of consumer SAVINGS! (not just consumer spending) Besides, those who really care about the holiday will celebrate it anyway. It will still be acknowledged more often than the Olympics. Just not EVERY YEAR...

As for the assignment, the job's dull but the nightlife makes Miami Beach resemble a coldasac Tupperware party in suburban St. Louis. Off to Japan on Tuesday.

Affectionately,
Mildred