I tend to factor assembly costs into my overall holiday budget.
Dear God, I just had horrible flashbacks. Anyway: The DCs were my familys "vacation", every years. Yup, those were the "vacations" of my childhood. We`d pack up the camping wagond and tent, and be on our way. The endless hours at the dc, just sitting there in the hot hall, listening to the speeches, bored out of my mind. The highlight of those years was when both "Little house on the prairy" and "Dynasty" were on TV, that`s where my dads theocratic mindset had its limits, and he bought a tiny black`n white portable TV-set, which was powered by the car-battery. And my classmates were in Spain or Greece, running around on the beach having fun. Oh, it`s so cool to be a witless-kid.