The very rare tree-climbing North American Santa Giraffe (Giraffa noelensis

I wish a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and joyous celebration of all holidays to my ZooChat friends around the world.

I greatly enjoy being part of the ZooChat community and hope that we all have a prosperous, healthy, happy year ahead.

May the conservation of our favorite species and ecosystems continue to improve and all of our favorite zoos also.

I'm going to reuse my holiday picture from last year and wish all Zoochatters and their families a happy and safe 2012 holiday season.