Merry Christmas from Southern California where it’s 74 degrees and the lawns are littered with giant inflatable snowmen and Santa Clauses.  I echo the praise and thanks for OST.  The last few months of spying on the site have provided an amazing opportunity to learn, stretch and grow. I’ve printed pages and pages to share  with friends and ignite passionate and good spirited disagreement.  I often pray for you all as I read your posts.  My Christmas wishes for you all are:

your socially challenged relative makes it through the evening without insulting or embarrasing anyone and if they do you somehow find it endearing.
no waist-line repercussions for the second helping of pie.
you spend time with a child who still believes in Santa and therefore magic.
you are caught under the mistletoe with the love of your life.

Love and joy,.

The whole Farmer family