It’s beginning to look at lot like than unmentionable holiday period, except where I am at the moment. But even in heathen China, the restaurant was full with cute waitresses with even cuter Santa hats today. Air China treated me to the full panoply of You-Know-What carols, from “O Come All Ye Faithful” all the way to “Silent Night”. It’s a strange world where one must fly to a communist country to hear “O Christmas Tree” without recrimination.
This being an international site, with readers and editors in all corners of the world, we celebrate this occasion in our traditional nondenominational style.
The editors of Thetruthaboutcars wish our readers a joyous Constitution Day in Micronesia, a roaring Santuranticuy in Peru, a happy Stedry den in the Czech Republic, we wish you cheerful Las Posadas in Mexico, a red, white, and blue Washington’s Birthday in the US, and a red-on-white Emperor’s Birthday in Japan. Happy Fete des Membres to our friends in Haiti, a crackling Constitution Day in Taiwan, and whatever you do on Family Day in Angola. We celebrate Jinnah’s Birthday with our friends in Pakistan and Annual Sports Day with our two readers in the Falkland Islands. Our gloves come off for Boxing Day, and back on for the Day of Goodwill in South Africa. We wish a rowdy Junkanoo to our island buddies. Y’all have a splendid St. Stephen’s Day, and may you enjoy whatever one does on a Zartusht – No – Diso.
We also wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Over and between the holidays, our usual high volume reporting will slow to a festive trickle. There isn’t much news anyway at that time. If there are monstrous news, we’ll set down the eggnog and write about it. Our friends in Germany and elsewhere in Europe are already enjoying the perfect present from the calendar: Two weeks of holidays by taking just five days off.
After we have recovered, we will hit the new year with verve. I will convince Frau Schmitto-san that it is still way too iffy for a Japanese National to be in China, and we will go back to Tokyo to cover the insanities of the Tokyo Auto Salon. Think SEMA Dekotora-style, and you will be halfway there. Derek will trade frigid Toronto with longjohn Detroit and cover the Detroit Auto Show.
And before we forget: This month is Stress Free Family Holiday Month, along with Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: We want you all back, safe, sound, and witty as ever in the new year.
May your family be well, and your favorite car of all time be found in your garage.
Merry Christmas to all at TTAC, staff and commenters alike.
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Merry Christmas TTAC. You’ve had another great year of articles. Thanks for all your writing.
Blessed Nativity, TTAC Staff….
I agree with AJ: Thanks for all your hard work. Sometimes, on some days, the number of articles and pictures was just astonishing. Don’t think it is not appreciated. Try to find another automotive website that can match your quality AND quantity!
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Merry Christmas too all of you at TTAC as well. Thanks for making our work days go buy a little bit faster.
A motorlicious Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
David
What he said!!!
Merry Chinese Christmas to each and everyone.
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What “recrimination” do we suffer for carols outside of China?
We don’t. He’s just parroting the idiocy of the right wing and their fictional war on Christmas. This site is getting dumber by the day.
Damn you, the war is on Yule! Yule I tell ya.
Merry Christmas, Bertel, and to everybody at (and on) TTAC.
Merry Christmas and let’s hope 2013 is better than 2012!
Happy Festivus, for the rest of us.
Merry Christmas to all at The Truth About Cars, my wife hails from Edinburgh Scotland and enjoys New Year’s better but all in all no matter where you live, enjoy this great time of the Year!
“O Christmas Tree”
Bertel, all the Tannenbaums that I know are Jewish.
That makes 2 of us, Ronnie
Even the atheist, union-official, activist Democrats 2 houses down from me have lights up. Lots of them.
Merry Christmas to TTAC and the BB.
Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year to all TTAC staff, their families and to all the B&B and their families!
Thank you for all your hard work and for all of your comments!
Merry Christmas, and happy holidays, and happy new year to all the TTAC bunch
Happy Christmas / Feliz Navidad.
Happy Birthday Jesus and
Merry Chistmas and Happy New Year to the great TTAC staff and B&B.
Feliz Natal e Próspero Ano Novo to all on TTAC!
I was thinking of giving a special salute to the staff and my favorite commentators here, but it’d be useless as there are so many. But I’m sure you all know who you are and how I love reading your comments and suggestions.
Happy motoring to all in the new year!
And on the quiet beauty of the Christmas Eve night, pull out your favorite car, turn off the stereo (ok, maybe some Christmas carols on low), and just go for a nice drive and look at the lights everyone has put up. Revel in Christmas, and revel in the beautiful ride you own.
And as usual the war on Yule continues, this liberal anti-deitiesm and conservative monotheism centrism is putting our children at risk. If no one tells them to keep their peepers shut they might get abducted by Odin during the wild hunt, damn children hating liberals and child abducting conservatives (don’t tell me Odin isn’t a conservative).
God jul, gott nytt år och god fortsättning.
Well whatever you highly diversified weirdos are celebrating I wish you well. Appreciate the site and sure like the comments and commenters.
Happy Festivus (a holiday for the rest of us)everyone !
Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to all associated with my favorist website! Many blessings in the days ahead…be sure to savor the time with your loved ones!
To the crew, many thanks for all your efforts in keeping TTAC on top….
Seasons Greetings to all.
Merry Christmas to me. No I’m really not self centered. For the first time in probably 25 years I bought myself a Christmas present, an Ice Blue 2011 Crown Victoria w/33K… Panther Love thanks in part from this site!
Merry Christmas to all!
My hero. =)
Excellent! And BTW, Panthers make a far better towing choice than reindeer.
And a merry Christmas to all from me too. I’m sitting here on a chilly but sunny Christmas Eve morning and thinking about what a great year I have had. Reading TTAC every day has helped quite a bit!
– Pete
Merry Christmas
(and since I’m currently in Thailand I gotta say, this is a strange place to spend Christmas.)
Merry Christmas From Memphis!
have a nananna/peanut butter samwich in homage to the King….
I KNOW!!!!
Wrong King !!!
(but a great samwich)
Just so long as you’re not having a peanut butter and bacon sandwich in homage to the King. That would be truly weird.