Absofrickinlutely!! It sucks because friends and I will get together, and they'll want to watch it once a year. The entire time I just want to grab that leg lamb and bludgeon that whiney bitch Ralphie, then sodomize the fat bully with it.

On a lighter note, I don't do as much charity stuff as I should. I do usually walk around somewhere the last week before Christmas, and just find someone who looks lonely, like they don't have anywhere to go, or anyone to be with for Christmas. I'll chat them up a little bit, give them a hundred bucks, and tell them to do something nice for themselves.

I went through a time in my life where I was that person, alone every holiday, but because of my own doing. I had a falling out with my parents when I was 17, moved away from home the summer before my senior year of high school. Even though I had other family and friends that I could spend the holidays with, I turned into a stubborn, grumpy fuckface. (Hard to believe, right?) I pushed everyone away, and forced myself to be alone every holiday. It's a bad, bad place to be. Spent 10+ years like that until I finally pulled my head out of my ass.

In short, do something nice for someone else this year. You don't have to give them money, but just do something nice. Maybe we should all do that more often, but for people down on their luck for whatever reason, it means a lot more this time of year than it does it June.

As a teen, we'd always do the visiting thing on Christmas eve. Stop by other relatives places, exchange gifts, hear the same stories we hear every other day of the year from people who just need to talk all the time and by the end of the night, we'd end up at our neighbors place for a Hawaiian Christmas. The kicker was, he wasn't eve Hawaiian Usually with the Griswold’s Christmas Vacation playing on the TV. People would bring all kinds of food, all the booze you could drink for free! Most of us younger folk would sneak a few beers, get a decent buzz going then head outside to play drunken street hockey with checking but only into snow banks.

Today, it's pretty much the same in terms of going to visit people but since all my family has either moved or passed away we always visit Tara's family. This year will be a bit weird since I'll be spending the 24th somewhat alone. I work until 7pm and she is doing a back shift on the ambulance at 4pm. So by way of our xbox 360 and web cam, I'll be able to have some company with my brother and sister in law out in Edmonton where they’re having a Christmas party. Likely play some guitar hero Metallica and get rip roaring drunk! I like to think it makes my drumming better lol Also, I'll be checking in here of course to wish all you nut bars a Merry Christmas!

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If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it! - NyI

He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

Hahaha...that's a shame that movie was ruined for you because I love it so much. I watch it every year at my grandparent's house when they air it for 24 hours starting Christmas Eve. The guy who plays Scut Farkus was at Catwalk for Charity this year and he looks exactly the same, it was hilarious. He was even wearing that racoon hat.

Yeah, I know it sounds corny but it really is nice to do something for others around the holidays. I started volunteering at Roswell last year, and now I look forward to the holidays a little more because it means I get to volunteer at the holiday events and stuff. I really love it. Getting presents is nice, but honestly I've always enjoyed giving presents to my friends and family more than getting them. And the best part of the holidays is seeing my family, especially the ones that I don't see very often. I have family in India, so Christmas is usually the only time that I see them.

On a related note... Here are the Sabres visiting Children's Hospital for the holidays. :')

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

My favorite part of Christmas is screwing with people in their gifts. I'm a fan of weighting down a huge box with tons of heavy shit, and only putting a gift card in there, or putting a ton of packing peanuts in a box with nothing in it.

My best trick was a mixer for my GF's mom. I did the whole thing where you have to open presents in a certain order, and all the smaller presents were accessories for a Kitchenaid mixer. Then, it built up to the box where the mixer should have been, and it was a bottle of wine in the mixer box. I totally played it off like it was on purpose, and that was everything, acting all proud of myself. She was totally perplexed, but didn't say anything.

I let that roll for about an hour, then I snuck the mixer into the kitchen with a bow on it. She found it half an hour later, and we all acted like she had already opened it and knew about it just to screw with her.

Aside from the day with the family, the cooking and eating I'll be chained to my studio preparing for this show. I'll do the normal things like call home, drink egg nog, watch christmas movies and eat too much. This will be the first year in a long time that we haven't had family visit so it will be a nice change to have a quiet slow day on Christmas. It's also our baby's first time so he'll be shoulders deep in wrapping paper I'm sure.

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We always watch A Christmas Carol right before Christmas too (Patrick Stewart version)

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That reminds me of the time when I really wanted a replica of the Heart of the Ocean necklace from Titanic (my favorite movie), and my mom gives me a gift that looks like a necklace box. I got super excited and unwrapped it and in the necklace box were some fancy markers or something like that. Then in my stocking there was a little purse and she told me to look inside and there was the necklace. I think I still have the necklace somewhere.

My cousin always gives funny gag gifts too.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

I was looking at Spencers for gag gifts, mainly for my sisters, but I didn't see anything great.

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Christmas came early for me today...parents bought me a 2008 Chevy Impala, so I got out of the Fusion I was ok with, but didn't really like (not enough space for my fat ass And into the car I initially wanted, in the color I wanted. Black Sedans just scream VIP Motha Fucka!

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

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HOCKEY IS BACK!

I only have dealer pics, gotta get it home and give it my custom touch.

Here are presale pics from the auction on it.





Few cosmetic blems that I gotta get touched up, and it needs a detailing after winter, but pretty solid all around. I'm happy with it. 6 CD Changer, premium sound system, traction etc...just gotta give it my personal touch is all.

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010