Welcome to The Big Jewel, where every day is a holiday. In fact, the editor is on vacation right now, which is why we are reprinting his opus about the family vacations of his youth: "Lake Delavan Days" By Kurt Luchs For others, the word "vacation" evokes idyllic childhood memories of family togetherness and carefree summer days spent at some garden spot by a seashore or lake. For me, "vacation" has always meant a special family time, too -- a time where families retreat far from civilization for the express purpose of torturing one another in an enclosed space without distractions. It doesn't take a $90-an-hour Freudian to trace this feeling directly back to that fateful Luchs family trip to Lake Delavan, Wisconsin... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com/ To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx