ICTP will be closed for the winter break from Friday 20 December until Tuesday 7 January. The next issue of "Highlights" will be published in mid January. ICTP's first activity in 2003 will be the Eleventh International Workshop on Computational Physics and Material Science: Total Energy and Force Methods, which will be held from 16 to 18 January. On behalf of the Centre's staff and scientists, we wish all of our colleagues and friends a happy and healthy holiday season and a peaceful new year.