Firstly, thank you Charles MacFarland for your letter in last week’s paper re demonstrating in favour of both Israel and Gaza in peace, as I totally agree.
Let us hope that the year to come will not look as crazy and violent as the closing of this year. By the time this letter is printed, Christmas Day would have come and gone, and Hanukkah was a few weeks ago. I am sending a belated Merry Christmas and a belated Happy Hanukkah to our two communities.
The festival of Pastehach of the beloved Pastafarian community will have also just finished so I am wishing the local Pastafarians all the very best.
To all other communities or those who simply celebrate the beginning of a new year, I am wishing you a great summer holiday, and an amazing year to come.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
