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Wishing You the Merriest, from The Talent Trade
Bonus Episode25th December 2025 • The Talent Trade • Southwestern Family of Podcasts
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Stephanie shares what's keeping her spirits merry and bright at this most magical time of the year, and her sincere wishes for all of our listeners.

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Hi, this is Stephanie Maas, and today I just wanna come to you with a holiday message.

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I am so excited.

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I know this is gonna sound silly, and anyone that knows me, I've got a pretty decent amount of energy.

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But it gets to be the holiday season and my enthusiasm and my energy literally go through the roof.

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And you know what?

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This year it's not gonna be any different.

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My tree, my house, it's been decorated out the wazoo for well over a month.

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I gotta be honest.

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I was listening to holiday music back in October.

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Don't care.

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We made it.

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We're here.

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If you can't have fun now, I don't know under what circumstances you can have fun.

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Quite frankly, I'm excited just to sit around, drink the things that I like to drink and enjoy the many blessings.

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This has been an amazing year for me and for my family.

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I am tremendously thankful for the opportunities that we have afforded this year.

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I'm tremendously thankful for my clients and my candidates.

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I have had so much fun this year.

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So with all of that being said.

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Let me please share some enthusiasm and say Happy holidays.

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Thank you so much for everything you've done.

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Sincerely, thank you for letting me stay in touch with you.

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I hope you and yours, regardless of how good or not so good your year was.

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I hope you can slow down long enough during this time.

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Be thankful for the good that is in your world and again, thank you from me.

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Hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday with the ones you love the most, whether it's on a Zoom call or a face-to-face, or whatever the case may be, and I hope you get some rest.

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Look forward to being back next year and happy holidays.

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