I recently did a charity ride and was a little disappointed. It was a 16 miles expedition that took about 4 hours... mostly because of beer stops. I really don't like drinking beer while I'm riding and I would have felt a lot better giving my $20 to Oxfam and going for a much longer ride by myself or with whomever wanted to tag along.
But then I'm not that enthused about Christmas either.. so maybe I'm just grinch.