The End of the Wo- NO

We have probably heard over a million times that the world will end on December 21, 2012. While it is true that the Mayan calendar ends on that day, there is no mention of the end of the world. The Mayans also did not have leap years, so the calendar would already be finished. It looks like we will have Christmas after all. But since Hostess, the company that makes food that could survive the supposed apocalypse, is out of business, it sure seems like the end of the world.