No one committed any traffic violations or crimes on my beat. Everyone I met said "Merry Christmas". Ever since Sept. 11, people have been kind to us cops, and it may wear off next year, but it made having to work on Christmas enjoyable. As for tangible presents, I got a book of everything you want to know about the Avengers TV show, a boxed set of Abbot and Costello videos, the Oh,Brother soundtrack, a New England Patriots cap - because my brother is a Patriots fan and doesn't understand why I'm a Steelers fan - and a big bag of California pistachios. Since you can't get Iranian pistachios anymore, if anyone knows a Californian pistachio grower, tell him/her I said "Thanks for rescuing God's most perfect nut from oblivion".