It’s the day after Christmas and all through the house there are piles of junk, cast off toys, and piles of unwanted gifts to be returned as soon as possible. Perhaps you’re hoping to exchange the flannel shirt Uncle Joe gave you (which you suspect was given to him at the office Christmas party). The kids have already found that the cardboard boxes their toys came in are more interesting to play with than the items which the boxes originally contained, something that creates a dark cynicism asking, “Is this all the thanks I get for working so hard to buy this stuff?”