Merry Christmas!

To those of you who have been up for hours, because the children woke you before the sun rose to tell you that Santa had arrived or were up all hours wrapping, I can only tell you Merry Christmas and ENJOY it! With our children 35 and 33 I know I miss those days! I keep telling my wife that I want to wake Craig up, but the looks she has given me tells me I will be on Santa's naughty list for 2025 if I do!

To those working today, a special thank you! To the police, fire, dispatchers, hospital staff, thank you for giving up part of your day, to keep us safe and well. If you are a senior staff member and volunteered to work so that those with younger children could be at home this morning, an extra special thank you! I hope you all have a very quiet and peaceful day.

To everyone who has read all these stories on the WDEA website, and have let me into your homes online and on air, thank you. I am extremely blessed to be able to broadcast all the high school games and activities in Downeast Maine. We can only do it because of the great advertisers who support the station and you who read these stories and listen to AM 1370 WDEA.

There's so much bad news in the world, an I hope that you see the good when you come to the WDEA website. The last couple of years have been tough years! My wish for you is continued good health and happiness in 2025!

This time last year I was in the emergency room and in the hospital for 3 days, so we know already that it's going to be a better Christmas 2024 than it was last year. We are looking forward to seeing Maya today, so get ready for a photo dump of her, and hopefully a picture of us all in matching jammies!

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