My kid said, 'Mom, why do we have to put up the Christmas tree before it's even December?' I said, 'Because it's festive and the house looks lonely in November.' He said, 'The house has a couch. The couch is not lonely. I'm lonely. You put up a tree and the couch is still there and I'm still in the room and the couch is still not talking to me. The tree is not a social intervention. The tree is a tree. The couch is a couch. I am a person in a room with a tree and a couch and no one is talking to me.'