To All My Democrat Friends: > Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes > for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, > non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice > holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious > persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with > respect for the religious/secular persuasion 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 , but not without due respect for the calendars > of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped > make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater > than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere . > Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, > physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. > > To My Republican Friends: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !