If you’re keeping score, you’ve just received two turtledoves and a pair of partridges in their respective pear trees (four gifts – remember we’re counting the partridge and a pear tree as a unit.)

Begin taking extra copies of free daily newspapers – you’ll need it in a major way. (The gift, the two turtle doves represent the Old and New Testaments.)
Tonight’s the first night of Kwanzaa. Although it may seem like it, Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday; it is a celebration of heritage and culture.

Kwanzaa means “first fruit” in Swahili.
