Ah, The Holidays!

The Christmas tree outside the Capitol is a 68-foot spruce. Says Jerry Perisho, "Newt Gingrich wanted that specific tree. He chopped that sucker down and hauled it 2,500 miles because it was home to a spotted owl, an ivory-billed woodpecker and a California condor."

Boomers spoil their kids rotten on Christmas. Says Argus Hamilton, "Nothing is free. The kids have to hear endless stories about what it was like to have to walk all the way across the living room to change channels."