[at-l] Greetings

[Carla & Dave Hicks]

To my more liberal 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 2010, 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 neither 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 wish.


To my more conservative friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

To all:

Happy Holidays