Merry Christmas

The Fischer family is hunkered down in Flagstaff, where an active blizzard is adding to the nearly 40-inches of fresh snowfall during the past week. It's beautiful.

I watched a few minutes of It's A Wonderful Life late last night. I'm a sucker for its sentiment, although I had to laugh a bit during the part of George Bailey's gratitude laced, hollering at the wind diatribe while running down Main Street of Bedford Falls. He staggers through the snow, greeting a series of inanimate objects before barfing a dramatic, "Merry Christmas, you old Building and Loan".

This year, not even George Bailey could bring it upon himself to wish the bank a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.