“After you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill."  (Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears)     Dear Tomatoes,   Another year is racing to an end.  It seems the older we get, the faster the years fly by.  So it’s good to pause from time to time and think back on the joys of Christmas’s past. Remember how we use to try to stay awake on Christmas Eve to hear Santa’s sleigh landing on our rooftops?  And the excitment of opening our eyes the next morning and realizing in an instant that Christmas is finally here?     So here are our Christmas wishes to you, dear tomatoes, of all faiths, colors, and creeds:    That all your days start with the joy of a Christmas morn  That no matter how old you get you will secretly still believe in Santa.  That someday we will live in a world that’s blind to color, creed, and race.  That the haves will help the have-nots until one day there are no have-nots.  That we find true peace in our hearts and live our lives with goodwill to mankind because each of us individually can make a difference.  That our sons and daughters and their sons and daughters in every corner of the world, will never have to fight another war.  And last but not least, that we remember these words from the Grinch:     "And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! "It came without packages, boxes or bags!" And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"          Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas   May your Christmas, Chanukah, Festivus, or whatever you celebrate this holiday season, mean just a little bit more.                              Peace on earth,                          The Three Tomatoes   Copyright©2005. The Three Tomatoes.  All rights reserved.

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