On 12/23/05, John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv at boff-net.dhs.org> wrote:
  Maybe we drink into a slap-happy slumber and
temporarilly forget
 about possible job endings with the new year (been hearing a LOT of
 companies are laying off people for x-mas and possibly my company too...). 
Indeed... I was out of work at the holidays in 1999, 2000 and 2002...
(with different jobs in-between each) ...for me, Xmas is a day to
celebrate being employed (whenever possible).
-ethan