To All My Left-Wing and Liberal Friends:

Please accept, with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions 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 2012, but not without due regard for the calendars of choice of other cultures, whose contributions to society have helped make the United States and Canada such great nations. Not to imply that these two countries are greater than any other country in the world. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, or sexual preference of the wishee.