Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year

Holidays can be strange and wonderful times. In a way - they are an ever-so-brief chance to travel back in time because the familiar songs, food, icons will always remind us of holidays past.

This time of year, so many people poke their heads up from an otherwise unexamined life and look around. Often there is a pressure for a perfect family gathering - which almost never exists because all families have their issues - it's a byproduct of human interaction. This holiday was special for me because they aired a special on my dad's creation in 1966 of The Yule Log - a burning fireplace on TV in New York. You can get more information about this at the web site http://www.theyulelog.net/

This holiday - poke your head up and look around. Remember your past, marked with the magnifying glass of the holidays. Call someone that thinks you forgot about them and tell them that nothing's changed in your warm-heartedness towards them.

-Mitch

p.s. I had the most wonderful Christmas run today along the beach in La Jolla - Santa Anna blowing and it was about 70 degrees - which is warm for December.

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