This is nothing more than an experience that I wanted to share with you guys:  Having worked on the line crew for an electric utility company for many years, I've gotten called out for emergencies on lots of holidays.  One call that I've always remembered was quite a few years ago on Christmas Eve Day.  The streets were pretty slick and the call was a "car vs. pole" situation.  So, we needed to replace the broken utility pole and restore power to the neighborhood.  It was a very busy street, and when we arrived at the scene, they were still dragging the mangled car off the pole so we could get to work.  One of the cops at the scene informed us that the driver was a young mother (alone) who was out doing some last minute Christmas shopping for her children.  She had slid into the pole and died at the scene.  What I've never forgotten about this is how her children and her whole family would feel every Christmas Eve Day for the rest of their lives.  I've driven by that spot thousands of times since then, and every time I look at that pole, I remember her.  Mike D.