When one plus one equals thirty-one... It happens every day. Guy meets grandpa-and girl. Guy knocks grandpa off ladder Guy kisses girl to make it "all better." Every day. For a month. Just your normal, average, all-American romance... Meet Chessie and Carson. She goes "all out" for Christmas (and every other holiday including Columbus Day, Cinco de Mayo, and Flag Day); he doesn't own a single thing that could be considered decorative-unless you count the stickers he stuck to his dresser back when he was three. Neither of them have ever had a serious relationship; both are opposed to frivolous expressions of affection. How on earth did they get tangled up in a "kiss-a-day-during-December" pact? "Read it with a mug of hot chocolate and a candy cane. It's better than Christmas cookies." B. D. Haropolous