There's a question you should never ask ANY woman this time of year. No it's not "When are you due?" ... although that's true too. That's a year round no-no. Take it from me and I should know better.

It's "Are you all DONE?"

If you want to see some head spinning, some neck rolling, and some rocket red glare aimed at your head just try THAT ONE.

Be prepared for ... NO, I'M NOT DONE! ARE YOU DONE!?! (subtitle: Are you crazy?)

WHO IS DONE? Presents all bought and wrapped, cards sent, meals all planned out?

Maybe the First Lady. She has all those volunteer elves to decorate her crib and send her cards ... not that I'm hating.

But when you think about how stressed out many of us get around the holidays we have to ask ourselves WHY? What is that we are trying to prove and to whom? So we decided to call one of our favorite purveyors of common sense Bertice Berry to bring us down to earth. Hope what she had to say was a helpful tonic ... as well as a dose of gospel from CeCe Winans.

And speaking of coming down to earth ... one of the most famous misquotes ever: what's good for GM is good for the country. Nobody said that it was actually What's good for the country is good for GM and vice versa. But as we have reported, the auto industry affects one of every TEN workers in this country. So this is a major story and we will be following it. Today we heard views from Detroit. How is this story playing out in the city and along the production line? I think we'll be staying close to it.

And with that I am going to disappear for a few days. You know why ... because I'm NOT DONE.

Cheryl Corley will sit in for me for a few days while I make like an elf.

Happy Holidays to all. I'll be back for the Christmas Day show.

- Michel Martin

11:59 - December 22, 2008

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