Last night was the first of the Christmas family gatherings. Went to a party and took the moonbat stepson along. The only remotely political talk was the bitching about no good jobs anymore around here. My stepson has tempered his views over the years, since leaving college especially. He got a job in NYC with a very nice wage ($75/hour). He got a load of the rape-y deductions taken out of that very nice wage and rethought things through.
One Christmas actually was ruined one year, when he stomped out of the house after arguing politics with his dad, before even opening presents. His sister stomped out with him. I gathered these presents and stored them in a closet. The following year, I set them out again without a word. They were clearly one year old, rumpled, etc. Everyone was a little embarrassed and it has never happened again. What a terrible thing to do, to ruin someone's Christmas, after all the work and expense that goes into doing it right. Just because you feel like having a temper tantrum doesn't mean you can go ahead and have one.