Screaming match with that crazy uncle who won't stop forwarding all those "Obama's a scary socialist Kenyan Muslim" emails? Defending yourself against your mother's complaints that you don't visit enough? Revisiting your childhood with some good old-fashioned fights with your siblings? (Mooooooom, he took my drumstick!)
Maybe you'll be finding a polite way to feed grandma's "signature dish" to the dog. Perhaps you're just praying for patience to deal with those in-laws you can't stand.
Delayed flights. Bumper-to-bumper traffic. Kids fighting in the back seat. Burnt turkey. Forget the well wishes and recipe exchanges; let's dish the dirt. What are your worst holiday stories? What fills you with dread now that the holiday season is upon us?
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The original version of this post was published November 2011.
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