The membership decided to take a few days off to spend with our families, but we did want to wish all of our readers happy holidays, especially Volksfront Alberta.

You see, Volksfront Alberta, specifically Jeff Demas, gave us a lovely gift a few days ago. A nice Christmas group picture from their recent blot (we hadn't realized that Paulie would be attending as well). And though the picture was eventually removed, we just wanted to assure Jeff that we managed to save his gift to us. It was very thoughtful.

Thank you.

We would also like to thank the rest of our readers for their support the vast amount of information that has been provided but which is not always published. While the Collective might be thought of as a tight core group of individuals, the reality is that our readers are what truly constitute the Collective.

With that we urges all our readers to spend the holidays with loved ones and truly appreciate the meaning of the season.

We'll be back very soon.