  Merry Christmas to all! And all a good night! My triumphant return has happened. I have returned. I am no longer absent. I am here now. Now is the time to enstate the contest. Who can guess why i was absent for so long? There is really a good reason. Whoever guesses the closest to my reason at the designated time, will receive an all-expenses-paid brand new cookie! Have fun everybody! I fell down the chimney onto a flaming goose! 
