Happy Holidays!

And so, the solstice has arrived, and tonight we light all eight candles on the Hanukkah lamp, and in two days, it will be Christmas and a week later the new year.

So let me wish all of you, no matter what you celebrate or observe, the best and most joyous of holidays. May joy and peace and goodwill and freedom be more that just concepts for all of us as the sun begins its long climb north again, as we eat our latkes and sip our eggnog and gather with friends and family.