Christmas with the Cranky

I love the holidays. Honest. I'm especially looking forward to Christmas morning now that my boy Parker is old enough to receive the cool gifts from Santa... stuff like Fisher-Price's "My First Crime Scene Forensics Kit" and Parker Brothers' "Jihad: the Board Game."

Still, I couldn't resist writing this guide for Philadelphia City Paper readers who may not enjoy all of this "peace on Earth, good will to all men" malarkey.

If you want to read about what really gets my blood boiling, here's my editor's note this week.

I mean every friggin' adjective, too...