The festive period is giving the Island a brief respite from the rigours of the present economic squeeze, but there is the warning that "more pain is on the way".
A major departmental reshuffle is planned for the early part of 2014.
Chief Minister Allan Bell says the only way to achieve the rebalancing of the Manx budget, forced on the Island by the cuts in income, is a painful one:
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Yellow weather warning for coastal overtopping
Strong winds are expected overnight
Plans approved for 'The Wing'
New billboard to be introduced at Ronaldsway Airport
Police appeal for video footage after 'significant' blaze
Site now deemed 'structurally unsafe'
Douglas to receive new lifeboat
Port St Mary is to lose one of its lifeboats in the next two years