Merry Christmas!

Hope Santa is good to you.  Of course that means you have to be good first!  The Fresh Brew is taking a reprieve until after the first of the year.  And I say, Merry Christmas.  Not Happy Holidays.  Merry, merry, merry Christmas to all!

So that being said, here's two Merry Christmases - one for Liberals, one for Republicans.

To My Liberal Friends:

(don't have many)

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2011 but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere . Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

To My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Disclaimer:  It's a reprint from somewhere in the now federally regulated stratosphere we call the internet. 

Sheila