I'll be spending the next few days with family, opening gifts and eating lots of vegetarian food over the next few days.  But before I head back to the tomato sauce I'm now cooking (carrot cake to come, Mike!), I just wanted to say this:

Happy Holidays to all!

This has been a tough year for me personally, with the loss of my mother and the necessity for a career change.  Yet every time I sit down to write a review or update the Icons news, or look at the next convention I may be covering for the site, I smile.  Because I know you, the loyal readers, will read what I post, and maybe it will even make you smile.  In the few months since I've taken over the News department and partnered with the great Mike Cucinotta, I've never been happier to be writing.  Thank you, Michael, for the opportunity bring my writing to the fans.

But it's you, the fans, that this message is really for.  Thank you so much, and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or anything else, may God bless you in this holiday season.  Keep reading as the New Year comes, as Mike and I along with some others will work our hardest to bring you the best any horror site has to offer.

My mom is looking down on me, smiling and proud.  Merry Christmas, everyone!