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**emeraldknight47** · Dec 25, '16, 2:54 AM

Here it is, the (very) wee hours of Christmas morn, a time of peace, calm and contemplation before the maelstrom of visiting families, gifting and lifting a glass to good cheer begins. In this quiet time, it's nice to reflect on all that has passed throughout 2016. To say it's been a hell of a year would be an understatement, with events transpiring that even The Amazing Kreskin would've been hard pressed to foresee. But through it all, we've all had THIS PLACE to come and escape the real world around us. A hale and hearty Merry Christmas (or whatever your celebration of choice is) to all the lads and lasses here that make this place not just another website or forum, but a family and a home. Most of you, I've never had the honor or privilege of meeting in person, but each of you occupies a special and singular place in my life and heart and you help keep my world from spinning wildly out of control. For that, I say thank you and wish one and all prosperity, achievement, fellowship and, most of all, Peace for the remainder of this year and throughout the new year racing towards us. As Charles Dickens said through the immortal words of Tiny Tim, "God bless us everyone."