Editorial: A special holiday version of Soapbox wishes
This holiday's Clippable Quotes
"What if Christmas doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?" - Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss
"My wife and I basked in Johnny Mathis at Rosemont earlier this month. His velvet voice still sounds with these lyrics: 'A ray of hope flickers in the sky. A tiny star lights up way up high. All across the land dawns a new day.' Yes." - John Lampinen, Editor
"Despite the shipping delays and shortages this holiday season, we hope your focus today isn't on all the things that did or did not arrive on time. Instead, we hope you find peace, love and joy with your loved ones." - Kelly Vold, Senior Digital Editor for Engagement
"I'm grateful for all the donors and volunteers who make it possible for various nonprofit groups to have food giveaways and other events to help people in need during the holidays. Their generosity is an inspiration to us all." - Robert Sanchez, City Editor
"This is the time of year for reconnecting with family and friends. But it's not always a happy time for some people. Maybe loved ones are lost; maybe loneliness is acute. We can reach out while also keeping in mind how much or how little some need. Maybe the quickest note or greeting will do - and after December, too." - Neil Holdway, Deputy Managing Editor/Late News
"We hear from our readers frequently about what they like - and what they don't - about the Daily Herald. Today and always, we thank them for supporting local journalism with their subscriptions. We wish them a happy holiday season and a new year filled with health and happiness." - Lisa Miner, Deputy Managing Editor/News
"My heart was warmed over our recent story about the Buffalo Grove boys basketball program packaging holiday meals for the less fortunate. Many teams participate in similar programs. It's things like this that make me proud and honored to continue reporting on high school sports." - John Radtke, High School Sports Editor
"There are so many reasons to be thankful this holiday season - for the vaccine and booster so I could travel to see Mom, so I could gather with family and friends, so I could go to my kids' concerts and sporting events in person. Just being able to feel somewhat normal again has been a gift." - Caroline Linden, Director of Community and Entertainment News
"For those of you who have family and friends with different views on politics, religions and vaccines, this is a good day to remember that despite our differences, we're all humans who share this earth together. Put aside those differences today and build on those relationships tomorrow." - Jim Baumann, Executive Editor
"While there has been plenty of gloom in 2021, I have much to be thankful for at its close. For me, it has been bountiful and blessed having weathered health challenges at the onset, experienced personal and professional growth throughout it and ended the year with family members and friends hale and hearty. Happy holidays." - Madhu Krishnamurthy, Assistant City Editor.
"Near where I live, a grandmother raising her three grandchildren needed some help to ensure a merry Christmas for the kids. There was such an outpouring of support that there were too many presents. The extras then went to other deserving families." - Mike Smith, Sports Editor
"The Daily Herald publishes every day, which means several people on the production staff work on holidays. But the magic of remote computer access means we can do our jobs from afar, exchanging gifts and making merry with family during lulls in the shift." - Michelle Holdway, News Editor
"In younger days clouded with idealism, I thought that by now the world would have realized the futility and harm of anger, spite, hate, selfishness and division. We would have embraced the idea that, as the song says, all you need is love. Turns out my prediction was dismally wrong. But every year around this time, I remember that idealism is not a cloud and we have the capacity, indeed the drive, to be better. Here's to the season and its ideals. May they uplift and sustain us in all our lives year round."
- Jim Slusher, Deputy Managing Editor/Opinion
"God bless us, every one!"
- Tiny Tim as written by Charles Dickens