It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

And while acknowledging our pride in LSU’s upcoming ReliaQuest Bowl appearance, we’re not talking about college football’s bowl season.

It’s Christmas season. It culminates this weekend with the observance of the birth of the Christ child more than 2,000 years ago.

The Rapides Parish Journal will not publish a Monday edition on Christmas Day.

Your RPJ will be back in your e-mail box at 6:55 Tuesday morning and on our RapidesParishJournal.com website, and our content will be available on our Facebook page, as always.

We thank you for your readership and look forward to providing you with free and informative locally-based content that doesn’t annoy you with pop-ups or overload you with stories that have no bearing on Rapides Parish.

Have a very, very Merry Christmas!

Journal photo by KEVIN SHANNAHAN