Live Nativity scenes, extravagant light displays and others more subdued are the many ways the Roanoke Valley has got into the Christmas spirit this year.

It is rrspin's pleasure to present to you, our readers, this Christmas card of the spiritual and secular displays and with deep thanks we say thanks for the support you have shown us this year.

Our Christmas message is from the classic Dickens novel A Christmas Carol and it simply says, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! — Lance Martin, editor and publisher