Book excerpt: Markus and Joel have been together for years. Yet each holiday brings with it new challenges they must navigate. This year, they should have left long before traffic and a winter storm makes it impossible to get anywhere before midnight. But Markus had work to do, still had to wrap presents, and didn't even manage to find Joel a gift before they left. Now Joel's angry and cranky in the driver's seat, and there seems to be only one way to cheer him up ...