If you're tired of talking to your relatives during this festive season, may I suggest you watch Stardust together? It came out on DVD last week and The Wire doesn't resume broadcast until January 6. Best of all—almost nobody in your family has seen it—unless I've hectored them into seeing it.

Who am I kidding? I couldn't even convince my wife to watch it last night. You, on the other hand, may be more persuasive.