I don't think it'll be bad as years past, but it's definitely not good news..at all. (obviously)
I agree with Gary on the gas prices. Since the downfall of the economy in recent months, all prices have done is gone down. We saw no increase in prices for the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, I don't think there was an increase in prices for Labor Day, either (if it was, it was little). As long as our economy is down, so are the prices at the pump, which is probably the only light in the situation.
Many people are turning to mass transit.