In the Spirit of the Season!

It's that time of year again when we anxiously await St. Nick's arrival and spend time with our family and friends while celebrating the holiday season. Traditionally, we usually publish Connections this week and then skip next week, but yours truly has decided to reverse things this year because:

• This Sunday is Christmas Day and Saturday is the start of Chanukah, which probably means many of you have already become distracted and won't be opening this issue until sometime next week.

• Tomorrow is Christmas Eve eve (my personal unofficial designation), which also means most of our readers' places of business have shut down by now, are in the midst of an office party, or you are frantically scrambling to finish up your holiday shopping.

• Most importantly - I have been informed by my wife of 40 years that giving her more tools for Christmas (I thought varying the colors was a nice touch, but apparently that doesn't matter), appliances for the kitchen or another vacuum cleaner are unacceptable if I want to celebrate the holidays again with her next year, so I guess I too have some last-minute emergency shopping.

So look for the regular issue of Connections next Friday, December 30.  In the meantime, the entire DPHA staff wishes our readers the happiest of holidays and best wishes for a healthy and profitable new year!