December generally delivers a month of gift giving and, as we’ve done previously, we wanted to throw down some gifts from the upper turrets of the ivory tower, a place where the view is vast and our observations often half-baked.

Whether you are furnishing family, colleagues or those in need (for religious, philanthropic or strategic reasons), giving to others is well researched as producing one of the greatest sources of human happiness.

Our offerings won’t seem like much at first, but bear with us as we attempt to make everyone’s dreams come true.

First, for the biggest of the children — the National Football League — we offer sincere hopes the coming playoffs and Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara will rival the excitement that October and November just provided by Major League Baseball. It’s not often we get a seven-game World Series spread over two countries (with multiple extra-inning extravaganzas) delivering monster ratings. May the NFL get some overtime stunners, a terrific Super Bowl and a knock-out performance from Bad Bunny at halftime.

For the IOC/IPC and the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, we offer a golden certificate for heavy snowfalls in the mountains and spellbinding hockey tournaments featuring the best of the NHL’s and PWHL’s elite. Much the way Paris (and soon Los Angeles) ushered in a renewed era for the Summer Olympics, Milan has the potential, with the French Alps (2030) and Salt Lake City (2034), to do the same. Although ticket sales have been........

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