The holiday commercials that I can't stand are the There's-A-Luxury-Car-Outside-With-A-Bow-On-It variety. I mean, how rich do you have to be to purchase a car without needing your spouse's input on the finances? I especially think the one where the husband buys his wife a puppy and she "loves" it before whistles and somebody flies out of the woods in a $70,000 pickup truck is a hoot.

Talk about two different Americas...