So I want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, a happy New Year to you and your families -- and that includes everybody here in the press corps.

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Mr. BACHARACH: (Singing) Have yourself a merry--have yourself a happy healthy new year.

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With that, I want to wish everybody, if I don't see you guys before Christmas, a Happy Christmas -- a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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The Carlyle co-founders also made headlines around the holidays with their video wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.

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Wigan scrum-half Leuluai insists he is happy to play out of position if it helps New Zealand pull off a shock, even if the 23-year-old has been a half-back virtually his whole career.

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