I fail to see how someone who gives me a smile or hello or Merry Christmas is raining on my parade. You care to explain that? I suppose you'd rather have an "up yers'?

There was a horse with no name; now, there's a thread with no point.

Have a good day, A-S. Or a rotten one. Which ever makes you feel better or worse or whatever.

(I thought Scrooge was a fictional characetr created by Dickens. Live and learn.)