Christmas is just around the corner. Malls start to take down their Halloween decorations and replace them with tinsel, Christmas trees and presents. And who can forget the same familiar Christmas tunes being played ad-nauseum almost everywhere you go? Apart from Wham’s “Last Christmas”, which has been a staple Christmas ditty since 1984, the other regular song on the playlist is Mariah Carey’s famous “All I Want for Christmas is You”. Investors, though, would probably welcome a slight change to the title of this popular tune. For it would be a much happier Christmas if it was filled with dividends rather than just songs alone. Tis the season to be jolly Christmas is indeed a season to be giving, and it’s also a wonderful feeling to receive. Over the years, that joy of receiving has been compounded by the presence of dividends as I sank more money into dividend-paying stocks....