'Tis the season to shop! We're blazin' to Christmas and the end of 2020. Dang. Talk about a year packed with some Grinchy. And right now, you're being sold by every business, their friends and foes. Our mailboxes and inboxes, social feeds, radios, and tv screens are a "buy this" and "buy that" frenzy. Add in a dash of the end of the year look backs, and you might be starting to feel like you're in that Instant Pot on the kitchen counter.

Welcome to the sales-free zone, right in the St. Nick of time. Peruse this week's magazine at your leisure. Did you know that not only do we package up and send you the magazine via email, but you can also access it on our website all week long here? This issue has something for everyone's wish list. We talk about SPIAs, DIAs, QLACs, Life Insurance, Taxes, Death Benefits, MYGAs and more. Bonus: We pitched in on an awesome guest article about Long Term Care for Elliot Raphaelson's column, "The Savings Game." True, my content style is more Christmas Eve/Sarajevo than Silent Night but for me, geeking out over the details of a good annuity is a relaxing and a-rockin' around the Christmas tree way to unwind.

I’m not a good source for fruitcake recipes or hot buys on a smart TV, but if the other big box annuity shops make you feel like your chestnuts are roasting on an open fire…snag a spot on my calendar.

C’mon that was funny right? Happy Holiday ha ha ha,