Humbug Day

Permission to grumble a hearty 'bah, humbug' before the holiday cheer takes over.

Humbug Day, observed on December 21, gives frazzled holiday planners one sanctioned chance to vent before Christmas arrives. The name nods to Ebenezer Scrooge's famous grumble in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. The idea is simple: air your grievances about the shopping, cooking, an