Article: Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Gerald Ensley Column.

By Gerald Ensley, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 21--A friend of mine believes pre-marriage counseling ought to include an exercise in which the couple has to decorate a house for Christmas. It would be a test of compatibility, which he admits he would have failed as he does not enjoy decorating as much as his wife.

"With everything I hang up, I think of all the nice, Jewish girls I could have married," he said.

I can relate. In our house, we have four Christmas trees and the house is awash in holiday figurines, candles, books, artwork and other knickknacks. Left to my own devices, I wouldn't go to so ...

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