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January 02, 2007

Christmas in the Twilight Zone

I have just returned from spending Christmas with my in-laws. For the record, they are about the nicest, most decent people you could ever hope to know and I love them dearly. But staying with them for a week has been as much a trip into the Twilight Zone as it has been a wonderful experience. The reason is that they are the consummate right-wingers.

Fox News is blaring on the television in their home day and night – every day and night. I was treated to Newt Gingrich's Christmas special on why church and state were never meant to have a wall of separation between them. And I got to hear all about what a wonderful Christian Gerald Ford was – and how, if anyone would be in Heaven, it would be him, though my in-laws didn't think he was conservative enough for that.

We had a riotous good time drinking cranberry and vodka martinis and playing Apples to Apples, though even there the wingnuttery came out. For instance, when I laid down a card saying "Trustworthy," my mother-in-law confidently told me she had the sure-fire winner and laid down the "Far Right" card. My nephew thought he would win with his "Televangelists" card. I chose "Norman Rockwell."

The highlight was opening Christmas presents. My father-in-law gave every adult in the family – three generations worth – a copy of Bill O'Reilly's latest book, Culture Warrior. He said it was such an important book that we all really needed to read it.

I really missed you all.

Posted by Becky at January 2, 2007 09:15 AM