"The schoolboy counts the time till the return of the holidays; the minor longs to be of age; the lover is impatient till he is married."

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We each have a litany of holiday rituals and everyday habits that we hold on to, and we often greet radical innovation with the enthusiasm of a baby meeting a new sitter. We defend against it and - not always, but often enough - reject it. Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to.

— Ellen Goodman