Christmas Is Sweet in a Sucking Kind of Way

From a funny MSNBC article by Steven Fried:

"I run into my friend Tom shopping at a jewelry and crafts store. He has a look of sheer panic in his eyes, and his lips are so tightly pursed that his beard and mustache practically meet. I know that look. It's a very specific form of performance anxiety that starts gripping married men this time of year. It's fear of "gift impotence," and Tom has an especially bad case."

. . . The holidays are hell for husbands, in all kinds of ways that wives will never appreciate. And most of us are smart enough not to complain about these pressures (except to one another) because how much sympathy can we really expect?"