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All right, friends, welcome to Christmas week.

We are well into it.

In fact, by the time you read this, it'll probably, or listen, if you listen promptly,

you'll be listening on Christmas Eve. And so best Christmas to you. Happy Christmas,

I like to say. People sometimes wonder why I use the British characterization of the greeting.

And it just seems to me that it gets people's attention a little bit

better. I'm not trying to be clever. I'm trying to be meaningful. And, you know, the Merry Christmas

is sweet. I mean, that's the classic greeting, and it's not used very frequently anymore,

certainly among commercial enterprises.

But nevertheless, it still is a little bit, I guess, for lack of a better word, stale.

And I like to brighten meaningful things up a little bit more if we're using language that maybe doesn't draw attention to it the way it ought to.

So I just say much of the time I'll just say happy Christmas because it seems to stand out a little bit more.

In any event, happy Christmas this week to you, and if you're listening on Christmas

Eve, that means you probably got all your Christmas stuff done.

And that's great.

I haven't. I'm still pounding away and whatever but things are

largely in order order for me and anyway the I just wanted to make an observation your

year of end gifts or I should say end of year gifts, have been coming in this month.

And it's just wonderful to see your response.

I just want to say thank you from my heart for the kindness that so many have shown to STR.

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