Happy Hanukkah to those celebrating!!!
Gail and John - Congratulations on Dawn's graduation with honors!!! Both of you should be very proud. Now, have her call me if/when she starts in Gainesville especially if she is going to WDW.
Robin and David - Congrats on the inspections. Loved the pictures of "Squirt" and Ian's 2-year-old ones.
Erin - Hope you're having fun at WDW!!!
Karen and Mary - Loved the Santa stories. If you didn't see, a local man was kicked out of MK because he looked like Santa but was dressed in street clothes and when the kids were asking him questions about their presents he played the part so well Disney promptly escorted him out because of some copyright or character infringement. And I thought the Grinch was only at Universal.
Squid - Congratulations on the "Commission" cognac!
Robin and Cheryl - Thanks for the Hanukkah explanation!
Todd and Cheryl - That was a really nice thing you did for the people on the bus.
Cheryl, Mary, David and Mike - Hope you are all feeling better soon!
It's nice to hear about all the holiday pageants/Japanese Theatre and the related roles.
Happy Anniversary Amy and Chris!!!
Survivor Thoughts: I was disappointed Ozzie didn't win but for a change can accept Yul winning because they were really a coin flip apart with how they dominated the game. Yul was very lucky to get to Exile Island when he did with a few clues already given to the few before him and that he found the idol. He played the hidden idol as best as one could, changing the game in a way like no other before him, no opposing player wanted to sacrifice themselves to get the idol out (except stupid Adam after he knew he would be voted out- dumb, dumb, dumb). Ozzie worked against the odds from when the four tribes merged to 2 because his whole original tribe members were gone and it was only him remaining on the Aitu tribe. They kept him because of his provider status and skill at competitions. Then, with the mutiny the Aitu tribe would not have come close to winning any challenge without Ozzie. With this, Yul would have had to play his hidden idol to save himself and his tribe for only one vote and delayed the inevitable disbanding of the Aitu tribe. Jonathan or Candace would have had all the power in the world at the other tribe and they could have picked off the Aitu people one by one. Remember, it was 8 to 4 and after Yul would have played his idol 7 to 4. Bottom line is Yul could not have won without Ozzie but Ozzie certainly could have won without Yul. I was disappointed with Jonathan's question and rational that Ozzie was only 25 and didn't deserve so much money, that should have had nothing to do with it. If that had anything to do with it then Yul shouldn't have won because he is a lawyer and can easily make up the extra $900,000. Also, Adam was wrong to make Ozzie give a negative answer and not the others especially since he already knew he was voting for Yul. This was a great season, possibly the best yet and I really enjoyed watching.
Have fun! 
Happy Anniversary, Chris and Amy!
