Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

December 23, 2022

Friends,

The Ascent Strategic Team wishes you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy (and healthy) New Year!

May your holidays be joyous and bright, may your family and friends not insist on arguing with you about politics, and may Santa bring you the Red Wave that didn’t come in November.

We hope all your wishes come true heading into 2023. Lots of hard work for our clients await us next year, and the Ascent Team is excited by all that is to come.

We look forward to hearing from you after the holidays!

Very Sincerely,
Team Ascent

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