1.0Nelson DeMillehttps://alexdemille.com/nelsonadminhttps://alexdemille.com/nelson/author/admin/December 2011 - Nelson DeMillerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dTnyVVIVeH"><a href="https://alexdemille.com/nelson/newsletter-1211/">December 2011</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://alexdemille.com/nelson/newsletter-1211/embed/#?secret=dTnyVVIVeH" width="600" height="338" title="“December 2011” — Nelson DeMille" data-secret="dTnyVVIVeH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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The Holiday Season is upon us. And I mean upon us; like a five-hundred pound boulder squeezing out our last ounce of energy, our last dollars, and our last drop of patience. With any luck, this will be the last holiday season if indeed the world ends on December 21, 2012. We can only hope. […]https://alexdemille.com/nelson/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/a-note-from-nelson-banner.jpg