There was a certain pensive air that wafted through the Holiday Spirit we are attempting to festoon around the conference room. The big flat-screen at the north end of the Conference Room was featuring that 5-ft-8-inch stocky-built alleged murderer from Brown University, plus another run through on the killings in Sydney, Australia at the Bondi Beach some of us have have walked upon.

There was no staff costume display today, so Miles was caught a little short on the morning product. He had a copy of an image of Vic, taken at the holidays at his Chi Phi Fraternity in 1972. Adding Monday and Tuesday’s staff additions seems to have brought things up to a relative State of Advent Joy.

Holly poked Melissa to see if there was anything else to comment on, particularly the odious killing of the Reiner parents out in Brentwood. And the arrest of their son.

That was enough for Miles to tell Splash to just run the slide. And celebrate the holiday with a little spirit!

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