If Santa were to be perfectly frank, he would pronounce some of you not worthy of presents this year, but Santa's always been kind of a sucker. Sees the good in everybody.
So whether you've been naughty or nice in your comments here on the blog, we're going to wish you happy holidays, hope that you have some time in the coming days to sit back, breathe deep and reflect. Maybe take advantage of that perfect snow that coats the state before the mean, old rain gets to it.
You are going to need your strength in the new year.
Poof, right off the bat you have the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3, the N.H. primaries and the start of the Vermont legislative session both on Jan. 8. By then, too, Congress will be investigating something or other, you'll have shelled out another $400 for a tank of fuel oil and five more baseball players will say they only used growth hormones once.
You might even learn sometime in those first weeks of the year who's going to run for some of Vermont's top elected offices. Before you even learn to write 2008 in your checkbook you will already be awash in all the political mud you can manage.
In the meantime, chill. There's more to life than all that stuff. Happy holidays from vt.Buzz.
- Terri Hallenbeck