Thank You for Your Business!
I'd like to take a moment to personally thank all of our customers for their business over the past many years. We have all been in this together, and I truly appreciate your continued support during these challenging times.
We are very grateful to have you as a customer, and we appreciate your confidence in our company’s ability to best serve and support you and your business. As you know, we always welcome your questions and comments, and our dedicated customer service team will continue to make every effort to provide you with the solutions you need. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2022.
I wish you, your staff, and your families a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!
Jim O’Connell
President, Hotsy Pacific/Northbay Equipment Service & Sales
HOLIDAY FUN FACTS 2021
Because we all enjoy having something to smile about (and some fun trivia for holiday get-togethers), here are 12 fun - and unusual - holiday facts that you might not know.
- The crew of NASA's Gemini 6A space flight got into the Christmas spirit and made history when they played "Jingle Bells" on December 16, 1965. It was then entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as being the first song ever played in space.
- However, Jingle Bells wasn’t written for Christmas. It was originally composed in the 1850s as a Thanksgiving song written by a Unitarian church organist, James Lord Pierpont, in Savannah, Georgia, and was first performed at his church during a Thanksgiving concert. Who knew?
- NORAD has been tracking Santa's journey around the world since 1958. According to their story, it started in 1955, when "a young child accidentally dialed the unlisted phone number of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Operations Center in Colorado, believing she was calling Santa Claus after seeing a promotion in a local newspaper." Colonel Harry Shoup, the on-duty commander, assured her that CONAD would guarantee Santa a safe journey from the North Pole. 63 years later, they still track Santa's travels each year delighting kids of all ages.