I have one holiday decoration that I put up each year, a card sent to me by a friend, which reads:
"I like spending the holidays with my family about as much as I like a sharp stick in the eye."

My very last holiday dinner with my sister and her family was about 5 or 6 years ago. There were about 12 of us seated at the table, including my sister's brother in law, who had way too much to drink, and is really an idiot (this is putting it mildly). For some reason or another the topic of the prison system came up, probably because at the time my nephew was a prison guard. All I said was, "In NY they are doing some great things to keep prison systems under control...." Well, that comment led to me being totally blasted by this fellow, and I was astonished when my sister just sat there and did not come to my defense. I promptly stood up, got my bag and said to my sister, "please take me home now, I am never coming back to one of your dinners." And guess what, I never have returned, nor have I been invited.