Merry Christmas! I'm also expecting a new machine to arrive just before Christmas. It's on a boat right now and will arrive in a port near me on the 19th of december!
I guess it will be a nice christmas when we can play with our machines. In Sweden (and I guess similarly in the US) the holidays are so spaced out that we have a lot of free time. I only have to take 3 days off to get a 15 days long holiday!