I love this time of year. Enjoy whatever holiday you celebrate, of course. My exclamation point above is a sign of sincerity and not of command.
And for those who endure grey "holiday" or "end of year" parties at work, please feel free to use my often-suggested solution at my last place of work (that was never accepted): Celebrate CHRISTMAS.
It's an acronym completely unrelated to religion: Collective Holiday Reflecting Individual Sentiments To Mark Another Season.
Consider it a big beautiful wall separating church from state.
And may jihadis leave us the ef alone today.
UPDATE: Natural disasters don't take holidays off, of course:
Authorities in Vietnam prepared to move a million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday as a typhoon approached after it battered the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 230 people.
I assume our Navy will be on call to help. Duty doesn't take a holiday, either.
