Wishing all of you a merry Christmas and hope all of you have a wonderful New Year! I've never made a new year resolution, but this year I am. That's to be able to go fishing at least 1 day this year, since it's been 4 years since I've wet a line. God bless all, and hopefully I'll see some of y'all on the water sometime somewhere.

To you too. Hope you make it back on the water.

To All My Democrat Friends:

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 persuasion 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 2014, 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 countries nor the only "America" in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes.

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To My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and God bless.

Wishing all of you a merry Christmas and hope all of you have a wonderful New Year!!! Good luck fishing and God bless everyone