Oh Mairdie! Thanks for those very generous words! This is truly a wonderful place to be to study Q and fellowship with amazing patriots.
Merry Christmas, my FRiend!
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In 10 minutes it will be Night Before Christmas, so allow me to wish all a Happy Christmas with Henry Livingston's 1773 salutation to his dear fiancee, my 5th great grandmother. As Prof Don Foster said, it was one of the earliest uses of the phrase before it appeared in print in 1823.
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