Christmas Present may appear downright Dickensian in its doom and gloom. Ghosts of Wall Street Past have come to haunt us. And Christmas Future? Mr. Scrooge woke up after a night of gloom and specters to a sunlit morning of good tidings, hope and cheer. Maybe we can’t make the economic down escalator go up, but we can walk “up the down staircase” with entrepreneurial optimism. Briggs looks forward to a Christmas Future filled with new values and a sustainable recovery. Let's all give a hearty Bah! Humbug! to the "nattering nabobs of negativism" and in the words of Tiny Tim - “A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!"