Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.  Most of you folks reading this will be planning some kind of special time with your family, participating in whichever traditions you have, and enjoying the warmth and safety of a comfortable home. 

But don’t forget the men and women overseas, many living daily in harm’s way, who will not be sharing those same, basic comforts.   For some of them, this is not the first Christmas they’ll spend away from home, and it may not be the last. 

So spare a moment or two to think of them and to thank them for their service.  Remember George Orwell’s words, “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

So here’s a Christmas Wish to all of the “rough” men and women of our fighting forces, and to those who are over there to support them. I only wish it could be true for all of them.