driver s holiday. and people drive in waves over these holidays, meaning that not everybody is on the road at the exact same time leaving at different times. i drive all the time over these holidays to visit my mother up in rhode island. and my relatives do the same thing. they go if in waves. maybe they leave saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, everybody won t be right there at the same time, but we always try to get out on the road early to give yourself plenty of time. these are simple tips that make a lot of sense. it does. all the people are coming right through manhattan, so we have gridlock alerts every single day. with the tree. that s true. it is really pretty, though. see you in a couple hours. russian prime minister vladimir putin sang with jazz performers at a charity event on friday in st. petersburg. call it theater of the absurd.