AS WE ALWAYS SAY in the newsroom (or did, back when we were all still working there, pre-pandemic, and not from home, as many of us are now), you can’t make this stuff up.

CONWAY — With 2020 hindsight, we take a look back at the tumultuous year where nothing happened because EVERYTHING had to do with COVID-19 happened, forcing most of what we took for granted to change.

HOPE EVERYONE had a safe and happy Christmas!

HO, HO, HO, to all ye fellow last-minute shopping elves. Looks like Santa gave us all what we most wanted for Christmas — snow!

MID-DECEMBER GREETINGS, all ye fellow masked valley people.

NEW NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON GREETINGS to you and your favorite masked elf.

HAPPY POST-TURKEY DAY AND SMALL Business Saturday to you and your favorite socially distanced bird.

CONWAY — A tip of the chef’s hat (and a bow with a mask, with Gov. Chris Sununu’s new mask mandate) to Chef Daniel Rassi of North Conway's Wicked Fresh Craft Burgers and Fire by Wicked Fresh, for winning the "Burger" segment of the Comfort Food Feud tournament on Food Network's "Chopped," a …

In these challenging times, Wednesday’s Veterans Day ceremonies presented by American Legion Post 95 of North Conway and Post 46 of Conway in North Conway’s Schouler Park were a godsend.

WHY NOT WRITE about elections?

TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK — Is that really still a question, given all the evidence that as many as 100,000 lives could be saved between now and February if everyone were to wear a mask? I’m no scientist, but I certainly listen to them. A national mask mandate could do so much.

DURING THIS BEAUTIFUL time of the year, it’s always fun to take a road trip to lesser-visited parts of the White Mountains — especially when safe social distancing is one of your aims during these pandemic times.

HERE IT COMES!

WELCOME TO “SNOLIAGE” season, that magical time of the year when we still have foliage in the lower elevations and snow on the summit of Mount Washington. At least some things have remained normal, right?

FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER greetings to you and your favorite virtual fairgoer.