Happy holidays from Down East

By Simon Thibault • December 24, 2012 4:02 am EDT

Down East will be taking a small holiday vacation this week, but I wanted to take time to thank you for reading and to wish you a happy holiday season.

In the spirit of giving and sharing, here are two of my favourite Christmas songs.

Enjoy, and be well.

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