Thanks RDGrad. You definitely understand.

My husband's work just announced a Christmas get-together at a restaurant at a mall on December 22nd. He tried to suggest they move it into January because going to a mall a few days before Christmas is chaos. Just finding a parking space is a challenge. No one else wants to change it, so he is considering not going. It just sounds too stressful. We try to avoid most malls/stores that time of year.