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The moment of truth has come. I’ve delayed the evitable until now. It’s time to go Christ­mas shop­ping. Yes, I waited until now to start. Yes, it will be a mad rush to fin­ish. Yes, I’ll love the thrill of the rush.

Yes, I’m pro­cras­ti­na­tion incarnate.

But before I do start shop­ping, I’d like to pass a hol­i­day greet­ing on to these folks:

To Chris Crutcher, for his sup­port of teen’s free­dom to read.
To Kelly Mil­ner Halls for her unwa­ver­ing belief and work for teens.
To the authors for tak­ing a stand.
To for being the God­dess we all know and love and love and love.
To for her won­der­ful columns.
To for giv­ing us A Room on Lorelei Street.
To for the pho­tos.
To for the BBQ.

And to these peo­ple, I’d like to give a lump of coal:
Charles I. Ecker for ban­ning Car­olyn Mackler’s book The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things.
Patti Banks for ban­ning Brent Hartinger’s Geog­ra­phy Club.
Jack Sin­gley for cen­sor­ing When Jeff Comes Home by putting it on the shelf.
Steve Abrams for sup­port­ing sweep­ing bans on books in Kansas.
Barry Car­roll for ban­ning Chris Crutcher from speaking–after oppos­ing the ban on his book.

Merry Christ­mas
Happy Hanukkah
Blessed Kwan­zaa
Have a nice day

Amen.