Dear Members and Friends of HAM,

We are going back to tradition this year and will celebrate the Winter Solstice on the day itself -- Sunday, December 21. The Light returns! Would you be kind enough to register by telephone between now and Friday, the 19th. Just call our number, (617) 547-1497 to make your reservation. Plan on paying the $21 at the door, (checks payable to the Humanist Association of Massachusetts). We suggest you arrive at 12:30 p.m. expecting to dine at 1:00 p.m.

Our friends at the Royal East Restaurant, 782 Main Street, Cambridge, provide a generous feast as well as free parking nearby. If you are driving down Main St. from Mass Ave, turn right onto Windsor and go one block, turning into the first parking lot on your left. (Follow these directions carefully). Please let us know if you have special dietary needs that the restaurant will meet.

At meal's end, we'll have a "round table" discussion, led by President Joe Gerstein, on the variety of ways Humanists and Freethinkers handle the "Holy Season." How do we get through it? Do you totally submit, or just go with the flow, or grumble "Humbug"? Do you seek out fellow Druids or volunteer at a soup kitchen? We'll have some fun with the question . . .