TO ALL MY DEMOCRAT FRIENDS:

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 2014, 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
wisher.

TO ALL MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in the year
of our Lord Jesus Christ 2014.