Well, here we are folks – in the last stretch before Christmas. When the dog woke me up at early o’clock on this fine, chilly Saturday morning, thoughts of the as yet unwrapped Christmas gifts dangerously half-hidden in the guest room cluttered my head, and any chance of going back to sleep slipped out the back door along with my rabbit-hunting canine alarm clock. Christmas Goals You see, each year, I start with one simple goal for my holiday shopping: have it all done by Black Friday. Which quickly gets updated to: Have all it all done (and wrapped) by the kids’ last day of school. The first goal was set while I lived…