At the end of the day, you've got to make long-term bets in this space. This Christmas will be important in terms of distinguishing winners and losers, but from a market standpoint, it hasn't even started yet.

It's all about performance now. In the four to five weeks after Thanksgiving, we should get a pretty good idea of how companies are faring.

Our expectations are that on Christmas day the court will just have a hearing. But it may hold another session in the next few days and issue a final verdict.

I don't look for any major improvement until the day after Christmas. The next time temperatures will be above freezing will be Saturday.

I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home

Now, most of you are probably going to be totally bored out of your minds on Christmas day, and here's the perfect distraction. Test 2.6.15-rc7. All the stores will be closed, and there's really nothing better to do in between meals.