[ Editors note:
 [
 [ Two pieces of "ASCII Art" follow.  The first was sent to us
 [ by Karl Petersen.  I don't know if he designed it or found it
 [ somewhere.  The second piece I received from one of my business
 [ associates.  I don't know the author (JGS), but I'll assume
 [ that he/she won't be offended if we share it.
 [
 [ If you don't have a way to view these with a fixed-pitch font,
 [ my apologies for the wasted bandwidth.
 [
 [ Jody

Perhaps this could be punched into a nice roll!?
•


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                                    "X"
                                   "XXX"
                                  "XXXXX"
                                 "GOD JUL"
                                "BUON ANNO"
                               "FELIZ NATAL"
                              "JOYEUX   NOEL"
                             "VESELE   VANOCE"
                            "MELE   KALIKIMAKA"
                           "NODLAG  SONA  DHUIT"
                          "BLWYDDYN  NEWYDD  DDA"
                         """""""BOAS FESTAS"""""""
                              "FELIZ NAVIDAD"
                             "MERRY CHRISTMAS"
                            "KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
                           "VROLIJK  KERSTFEEST"
                          "FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
                         "BUON  NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
                        "HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
                       "WESOLYCH SWIAT-SRETAN BOZIC"
                      "MOADIM LESIMHA-LINKSMU KALEDU"
                     "HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAID MOUBARK"
                    """""""'N  PRETTIG  KERSTMIS"""""""
                         "ONNZLLISTA UUTTA VUOTTA"
                        "Z ROZHDESTYOM  KHRYSTOVYM"
                       "NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
                      "FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
                     "S  NOVYM  GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO"
                    "GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU OLSUM"
                   "EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN BOSIC"
                  "KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
                 "SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU METU"
                """""""SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON  ANNO"""""""
                     "ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE RODI"
                    "BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE  VIANOCE "
                   "MERRY CHRISTMAS  AND  HAPPY NEW YEAR"
                  "ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG TEN"
                 "FELICES PASUAS -  EIN GLUCKICHES NEUJAHR"
                "PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS  SARBATORI VESLLE"
               "BONNE ANNE  BLWYDD NEWYDD DDADR  FELIZ NATAL"
              """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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*  .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
*
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*       (--||_, _   (--|      _ |   _    (--| \ _    ,   (--/ \ ,_,
*         _|| |(/_    _|(_|_)(/_|\/(/_     _|_/(_|\|/_)_    \_/_|_
*        (    |__,   (                    (     ,__|         ,__|
*
*                    ____,,__)     ,__)
*                   (--/ `|_,,_' ,-|-,_,_, _  ,
*                     /   | || |/_)| | | |(_|/_)
*                     \__,  |__,   |__,
*
*  On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
*
*  Twelve Drummers Drumming
*
*                    .-}        .-}        .-}
*                    |_|        |_|        |_|
*                    (_)        (_)  __    (_) .---.
*                    | \ .--.   | \.'  '.  | \/     \
*                    |\_|--o )  |\_|--o  ; |\_|--o   |
*                    |:| '--'   |:|'.__.'  |:|\     /
*                    |:|        |:|        |:| `---`
*                    |:|_       |:|_       |:|_
*                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
*
*          .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
*          |M|   |E|   |R|   |R|   |Y|   |X|   |M|   |A|   |S|
*          (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
*         /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\
*         [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX]
*          |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
*          |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
*         _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
*        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
*
*  Eleven Pipers Piping
*      _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _
*    ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)
*     (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")
*     /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\
*    (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\)
*     |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
*     |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
*    _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
*   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
*  Ten Lords A-Leaping
*                                w              w
*                 w              0__           \0__
*                \0__     w     /|_     w      /_
*                /_     __0/  '\/ /    \0_  '\/ /    w
*             '\/ /      /_       `    /_       `  __0/
*                 `   `\/  \,         _\ \,         /_
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*                 \0__      w                 w
*                 /_        0__       w      \0__
*                _\ \,     /|_      __0/      |_
*               `        `\/  \,     /_      _\ \,
*                                 `\/ /,    `
*
*  Nine Ladies Dancing
*
*                                                         |~
*                       ()                       ()      0` |~
*               ()    _/)(\_           ()      _/)(\_      0`
*             _/)(\_   /^^\    ()    _/)(\_     /""\
*              /~~\   /____\ _/)(\_   /``\     /____\
*             /____\          /""\   /____\   ()
*                     ()     /____\         _/)(\_      ()
*           |~      _/)(\_           ()      /^^\     _/)(\_
*          0` |~     /``\          _/)(\_   /____\     /~~\
*            0`     /____\          /~~\              /____\
*                                  /____\
*
*  Eight Maids A-Milking
*
*
*            __.----.       __.----.        __.----.        __.----.___
*  (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
*   `(uu)'      _  `(dd)'       _  `(gg)'       _  `(vv)'       _   |
*    )  (      (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  |
*   (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 ,/
*    `--'\_    (__)..`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    _(__)|
*         `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||      `||~|| /\||
*   ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
*            __.----.       __.----.        __.----.       __.----.___
*  (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
*   `(99)'       _  `(66)'      _  `(aa)'      _  `(ee)'        _  |
*    )  (       (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (        (|) |
*   (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)       8~8,/
*    `--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    _(__)|
*         `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||     `||~|| /\||
*   ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
*
*  Seven swans A-Swimming
*
*         ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___
*        /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \    _,
*        |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   / |
*          //  _/ |//  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  |
*         / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   _)
*        /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   _/)
*        \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-   /
*    ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
*
*  Six Geese A-Laying
*      __         __         __         __         __         __
*    >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )
*      )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,
*     /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\
*    /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        )
*    \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/
*     `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __
*        ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)
*
*  Five Golden Rings
*
*                      .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
*                     ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_))
*                      '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'
*
*  Four Calling Birds
*
*                   ___       ___       ___       ___
*                  ('v')     ('v')     ('v')     ('v')
*                 ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))
*               -/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"--
*
*  Three French Hens
*
*                      (\  }\   (\  }\   (\  }\
*                     (  \_('> (  \_('> (  \_('>
*                     (__(=_)  (__(=_)  (__(=_)
*                        -"=      -"=      -"=
*
*  Two Turtle Doves
*                             _      _
*                            <')_,/ <') ,/
*                            (_==/  (_==/
*                             ='-    ='-
*
*  And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
*
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*                           @@()@@()@@@@
*                           @@@O@@@@()@@@
*                           @()@@\@@@()@@
*                            @()@||@@@@@
*                              @@||@@@
*                                ||
*                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
*
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*       __| | | (/_| | (_|     |     | || |/_)_| | | |(_|/_)___,
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*                         \  _  /                    .::o:::::.
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*                       >*>>@<<<@<<         [__________________________]
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*                     >*>>0<<@<<<@<<<        |-_= | \ \\ \\ \\ \ |-_=-|
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*  """"|'.'.'.|~~|.*.*.*|     ____|_   =('.')=//   ,------------.
*    jgs |'.'.'.|   ^^^^^^|____|>>>>>>|  ( ~~~ )/   (((((((())))))))
*        ~~~~~~~~         '""""`------'  `w---w`     `------------'
*
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