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Keep up the good work, Mike. Claire made some Wake Up Dead Ginger Bread so I am having the rest of the bottle.

I've been waiting a couple weeks to make this one and christmas day seemed appropriate. Ric would quite like it to top off his diabetic delight today. You'll Shoot Your Eye Out! 2oz aged rum .5oz Becherovka .5oz Benedictine .25oz cinnamon syrup 3 dashes orange bitters Orange peel garnish (in the shape of a floating eye)

Prime rib roast, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, green beans and mushrooms, salad and a Bouche de Noel cake. I forgot to bring the HP Sauce though!

Encore! Cheers!

I call dibs on the tall skinny package on the left!

Well said. Merry Christmas 'Casers!

I made you a cake, but that red-nosed bastard wrecked it. Happy birthday and merry christmas! Cheers!

Noel de Calabaza with cracked crab, sourdough and salad for christmas eve at my dad's house.

Merry Christmas JPX! As-Salam Alaykum my brother!

Raffy is not my Xmas Xchange partner but he sent me some holiday cheer from SoFla anyway, what a guy! I received these yesterday and plan to enjoy a Winter Warmer Warmer Christmas Eve tonight! Thanks Raffy!

Good luck with Operation Santa Storm now that you have committed to The Surge!

Happy birthday Ken! Wait, I'm just parroting what Antonio said! . Have a great one buddy. Cheers!

We might need help getting through some of the more arcane elements, Grahame. Do you have time to help over the next week or so?

The Moncur album is awesome, Greg, although you posted one of my all-time favorites, TBATAT. Veuve will definitely widen your soundstage and smooth out any nodes you might have in your listening room.

His tinsel tree didn't die, it came that way. Sorry, if I wasn't so high from sherbet lemons I would not have been so inappropriate.

Also while wrapping presents: 2011 Fifty Fifty Eclipse aged in 18 year old Elijah Craig barrels. Hot damn. I want to be preserved in this stuff.

BRITAIN IN A BOX!!!1!! A seemingly endless supply of British Delights from Duggeh! Sophie has made off with the Dip Dab and Alden with some Sherbet Lemons, but mostly the booty is intact. Should I pour some HP sauce on the mince meat pies, or is that for the HobNobs?! Thanks Doug, this is delightful.

I think it is a dessert wine and you would want to drink it chilled. Someone better at wino science should tell you the right answer, but I think it would be better to just leave it in there until you drink it. If you haven't noticed it until now, maybe you don't need the space it is taking up.

Typical soccer player response.

I would have to say that is the most hideous footwear I have ever seen. Who's getting them?

It's good that she reached peace, Mike, but it was awfully painful getting there. Condolences to Gail and you and the kids who lost their grandma.

Here's a house in the Castro/Mission that draws a crowd: And here is our little tree:

Sorry no pics but we went for Bi-Rite ice cream and I had malted vanilla and egg nog with brandy. Yum.