Dear [insert your preferred pronoun here]

Thank you for all your input into the equation over the past year. At this time of year, we all [celebrate] [don't celebrate] various [holidays] [employment opportunities] and [don't] get together with people we  [love] [like] [don't mind] [cannot stand the sight of] to [eat] [drink] [be merry] [drink to forget] [overeat] [sleep] [none of the above].

[Enjoy] [tolerate] [avoid like the plague] the [occassion of choice].

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Note - no deletions: if you are going out on the roads, take care of yourselves. Getting there late is better than not getting there ever again.