I know most of you thought you were going to get through Christmas without the Ol Crew Chief putting in his 2 cents about Christmas. I was raised Catholic and went to a catholic school for 12 years( I am now a Lutheran) so I had Religion crammed into my brain. When I first went into the service I made a 180 and ignored it until Viet Nam and then I made a quick turnaround, as did many, when my kids were growing up I once again went to church regularly. Now I find myself missing church too often. We always say we should go but it is hard to get motivated on Sunday to easy to sit and read the paper “we will go next Sunday”. I do believe Christmas has a definite place in our society. With the current WAR, health care, housing loans fiasco. And high gas prices it tends to give us hope of a better tomorrow. It brings families together and they seem to get along better than usual. I love opening presents, I like the thrill of the surprise, I do like nice presents but even the small ones are a thrill. So here is hoping you get the same thrill this Xmas eve or whenever you open your presents.