Well folks, it’s that time of year again. Kinda hard to believe, given all the
warm weather we’ve been having. The trees here in the lower Hudson Valley barely
have a brush of autumn color in them yet, though I’m told the mountains well
north of here are reaching their peak color.

I reopened the galootaclaus web site signup form last night for those of you who
are inclined to participate again this year and as customary will leave it open
until the stroke of midnight on Halloween (EST). You will receive notice of your
matches a few days afterward. By quirk of the calendar this year, all major gift
opening dates occur pretty much simultaneously, at the end of December.

I have been following along with the list discussions and observe that there are
a number of relatively new people chiming in so I would like to issue a special
invitation to them to read up on Galootaclaus. It is a fine and honorable
tradition, and a lot of fun for you and your family members as well.

Sincerely,

Elf Wrangler

home page: http://galootaclaus.org/ <http://galootaclaus.org/>

signup form: http://galootaclaus.org/sign-up/ <http://galootaclaus.org/sign-up/>