Seasons Greetings!

Hello all! I am writing to you with some very exciting news. Between January 4, 2009 and the present In Memoriam has posted tribute to 222 great performers. I am so very proud of that accomplishment and I couldn’t be happier. For those of you who follow In Memoriam daily or even weekly will be disappointed for a little while. The December 8th posting will be the last for the next few weeks. Unless there is an unfortunate passing in the meantime I will not return to you until December 26th. After that there will be no postings until after the first of the year. In 2010, I will no longer be posting random tributes on a regular basis. The focus is going to be more on remembering people on their birthdays and death anniversaries. There will be some random tributes and of course tributes as the passing happen. So until the 26th I hope you all have the most delightful holiday season. For you Jewish folks enjoy your holiday this coming weekend and for anyone celebrating Baby Jesus’ birthday on December 25th have the absolute most wonderful and magical and of course merry Christmas ever. Thank you all for your support since we began in June 2008. I look forward to the future and I have the feeling we’re going to be here for a long long time to come!!!!! See you on December 26th for a special tribute to one of comedy’s pioneers (And no it’s not Lucille Ball) For anyone hoping to enjoy Christmas with some help from our old friends here are a few wonderful episodes that will give you the Christmas spirit! "I Love Lucy" - "Christmas Show" "The Lucy Show" - "Together for Christmas" "Smallville" - "Lexmas" "The Simpsons" - "'Tis the 15th Season", "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Miracle on Evergreen Terrance", "Grift of the Magi" and "Skinner's Sense of Snow" "The Honeymooners" - "Twas' the Night Before Christmas", "Christmas Party" "Batman: The Animated Series" - "Christmas with the Joker", "Holiday Knights" "Justice League" - "Comfort and Joy" "Murder, She Wrote" - "A Christmas Secret" "The Golden Girls" - "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas", "Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas" "All in the Family" - "Edith's Christmas Story" Merry Christmas Everybody!

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