Jolly Ole Saint Nick

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Thank you, and welcome to the forum!

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Did someone mention Christmas! Well, well, *chuckles*. Since 2004 I have been celebrating Christmas in NationStates. Some years I have spent Christmas Eve on my 'Sleigh Ride' across NS, visiting up to 100 regions a year to wish them 'Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night". Some years I have gotten requests to visit their region for the next Sleigh Ride. Oh yes, and there was one year where my Elves and I were stationed in the Warzones until we set out upon the Sleigh Ride that year. I say 'elves', but of course, not all of them were elves *chuckles as his belly shakes*. Some of those helpers were even new to me, such as Rudolf the Blue Nose Reindeer. Such variety in NationStates! My helpers have followed me from region-to-region on some Christmas Eve's. There have been those regions that deserved coal instead of gifts over the years, that's true. But the number of those is truly small. Back home in Christmas, we watch a constant parade of raiders and defenders as our SC Liberation protects us from refounding by these groups. We are thankful for the Security Council Resolution in Christmas. We in Christmas have no desire to become a raider or defender enclave, but instead we are a home for both and all. Christmas is not about those 'sides', but about Goodwill toward all.