Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom.
I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.