Christmas, that joyous time of year - lights on the tree, cookies in the oven, over the river and through the woods to Grandmothers....or right, that's another holiday. In any case, it turns out that our annual revelry is murder on the environment. According to Wikipedia, a study in the United Kingdom reveals that their holiday celebration increases Britain's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 5.5 percent per person over the non-holiday carbon footprint. While it is estimated that this consumption...