It’s that time of year again

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 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 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 or is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

· This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.

· It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.

· It is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Finally, this wish is not a guarantee and the sender has no liability or obligation, expressed or implied to deliver to the receiver the aforementioned success, fulfillment or otherwise uncomplicated 2012. The success or failure of this greeting is left to fate (should you believe in fate) or left to chance (should you believe in change) or completely your responsibility to achieve or to not achieve. Whether you elect to attempt or should you achieve the aforementioned success, fulfillment or otherwise uncomplicated 2012, is purely up to you. That is unless you believe in the aforementioned fate or chance.