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("Deck the Halls")

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- As we head into the holiday season,

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as a wing commander,
I'm strongly encouraged

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to do a holiday message.

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But like everything else I've
done as a wing commander,

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I'm approaching this one
a little bit differently.

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So, I've asked my wing-men
to share a little bit

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about what the holidays mean to them.

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Colonel Burnett, will you
share a little bit with us?

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- Sure, I love the holidays.

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It's a great time to spend
with friends and family,

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the food, the parties,

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we go really fast and see lots of people,

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and I'm usually exhausted at the end.

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- Chief, how about you?

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- Yes Ma'am I also
appreciate the holidays.

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It actually forces me and
my family to slow down,

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to take a look around us,

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to get to know each other
a little bit better,

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and it gives us that time back

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that we desperately need
but we really don't know.

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- And the reason we want
to approach it this way

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is because holidays are
different for everybody.

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For me, the holidays are hard.

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My parents were divorced when I was small,

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and so I had to split the holidays

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with my mom on one side

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and she did lots of presents and gifts,

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and it was gorgeous.

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And then in the afternoon I
would go hang out with my dad,

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and we would have pizza and
watch old karate movies.

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They both loved me very much,

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and I loved spending time with them.

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But it was still hard to split that time

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between the two parents
that I loved very much.

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So for me the holidays are hard.

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But I love the New Years' and
I'm looking forward to it.

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So, however you spend your holidays,

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whether it's re-connecting with family,

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whether it's slowing down in life,

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or whether the holidays are hard for you,

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what we ask is please be safe.

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Please know that as a wing we got you,

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and we look forward to seeing you back

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as we start 2020 because

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it's going to be an awesome year.

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("Deck the Halls")