Christmas Eve Cafe

Spain calls their Nativity-scene buildters Belenistas,
though this one is by an American in Santa Clara

At the conference, Benito learned that in Europe, whole cities have Nativity scene clubs that spend an entire year constructing life-sized dioramas, "For example, Madrid, Sevilla, and Barcelona: their clubs start building detailed buildings, with little exterior little lights, little pots and pans, trees and some of the dioramas have real water running as a little creek or fountain."
One of the few Americans to participate in the international conference, he laughed when he recalled how the European artisans reacted when they discovered his nationality, “A gentleman said to us, "Americans, pay close attention to this diorama because St. Joseph looks like the Hollywood actor, Charlton Heston, Mary is the likeness Ava Gardner, and the Egyptian figurine looks like Yul Brynner." But apart from this playful reference to the Hollywood film The Ten Commandments, Benito was one of equals amongst a handful of 550 international nativity makers in attendance. All were treated to the various creative ways that the nativity clubs and Spanish and Italian artists craft their dioramas to be truly sensory experiences.

Merry Christmas, friends! And garrett, too!

And of course a special thanks to the cobloggers! Give them a hand.

Tomorrow and Friday will be open threads from me, but I've got some good ones in the mix.

Cucking a chicken.

If you need a last-minute gift recommendation for your cat...

This dog wants you to know there's no shame in wearing a garish Christmas sweater.

Never challenge a cat in a pouncing contest.

On the internet, no one can tell if you're a cat.

Scuba Santa delivers toys to all the good underwater boys and girls.

Sweet drinks cabinet.

Baby elephant trying to stand up for the first time..🐘🐾😊❤️ pic.twitter.com/Npauxd4m4C
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 21, 2025

We’re honored to partner with the The 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Capt. Bloomfield's Company "Jersey Grays" in sharing the mission of Washington Crossing Historic Park 🤝

This reel is a powerful reminder of the harsh winter conditions faced by the Continental Army and the… pic.twitter.com/t42BDaOvUU
— Washington Crossing Historic Park (@WashXingPark) December 16, 2025

Washington's Christmas Eve crossing of the Delaware.

He finally found his missing dog at a shelter.. 🥺 pic.twitter.com/rHYzVCX5ex
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 20, 2025

Farmers add some Yule lighting to their tractors:

🤩 Devizes YFC tractor run! 🎄

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— Farmers Weekly (@FarmersWeekly) December 18, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1
It's been two-thousand years. When will the Jews admit they're wrong?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)

2
hahaha, Merry Christmas, everyone!

Even to all our heathen friends here.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)

3 Nothin better than home cucked chicken!

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

4 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (gbOdA)

5 If you need a last-minute gift recommendation for your cat...
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My cat Hexie would *love* that gift.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (ESVrU)

6 Love baby elephants. So cute.

Posted by: Case at December 24, 2025 07:37 PM (G1OIb)

7 Belen = Nativity scene

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (7gFa4)

8 On the internet, no one can tell if you're a cat.
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That's right!

Posted by: Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (ESVrU)

9 At the conference, Benito learned that in Europe, whole cities have Nativity scene clubs that spend an entire year constructing life-sized dioramas,

Americans use real people and animals.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (c115l)

10 I have an ask. Please add a Merry Christmas after your comment to Jane D'oh. A good lady is in need of some good cheer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 07:38 PM (sDNVV)

11 Hind tit willow:

106 Tucker did not spend the entire speech shilling for Islam.

Just part of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2025 06:53 PM (Vj99u)
--------------

Here's 32 seconds of VDH's introduction to his take down of Carlson.
https://tinyurl.com/b23yhyrs

Here's VDH's takedown of Tucker Carlson;
There is a 1:27second quote of Tucker's idiocy before VDH begins.
Push up to 1:27 if you choose.

https://tinyurl.com/fr7z74b5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (2ef5s)

12 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

This is about every angle greeting. Maybe because we are weak and scared, and doubting when G D has a plan for us.

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (gbOdA)

13
But do you think General George Jefferson stood up like a light house on the boat as the famous painting depicts? I doubt it.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (yreN9)

14 That is a sweet drink cabinet. My dream is to buy one of those floor globes that actually hold booze inside. Very classy.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2025 07:39 PM (3uBP9)

15 Scuba Santa delivers toys to all the good underwater boys and girls.

We all float down here.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (c115l)

16 Jane D'oh

Merry Christmas

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (gbOdA)

17 I have an ask. Please add a Merry Christmas after your comment to Jane D'oh. A good lady is in need of some good cheer.
Posted by: Ben

How is she doing?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:40 PM (c115l)

18 On the internet, no one can tell if you're a cat.

I LOLed; it hurt...(still recovering from abdominal surgery last week)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (ynpvh)

19 No love for the caganer so beloved in the Nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighboring areas such as Andorra, Valencia, Balearic Islands, and Northern Catalonia (in southern France)?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

20 No love for the caganer so beloved in the Nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighboring areas such as Andorra, Valencia, Balearic Islands, and Northern Catalonia (in southern France)?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

21 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

This is about every angle greeting. Maybe because we are weak and scared, and doubting when G D has a plan for us.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Maybe angels don't all look like Glenda the Good Witch?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (c115l)

22 Jane D'oh: Merry Christmas!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (ynpvh)

23
Is it figgy or thiggy pudding?

And what is it?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (yreN9)

24 The winter was brutal and a few tried to desert and convince others to do the same.

Washington wasn't having it and delivered the ultimate punishment. Not taught in most history classes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (KDPiq)

25 14 There's a scene in Band of Brothers where they discover Herman Goering's booze stash, taking up a room about the size of a small town public library.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (gm9Sb)

26 Posted by: Duncanthrax

Ooooooh. A double post.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (c115l)

27 angel not angle

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (gbOdA)

28 Is it figgy or thiggy pudding?

And what is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Figgy.
Fig pudding.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (c115l)

29
{{{{Jane D'oh}}}} Merry Christmas!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

30 27 angel not angle

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:43 PM (gbOdA)

Wondering if it was acute one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (ynpvh)

31 Merry Christmas Jane D'oh!

Miss U. Wish you were here.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (c115l)

32 Well, of course my merry mindful Christmas links comment got willowed. Will repost later on the ONT.

God rest ye, Merry Gentlemorons & ettes

(Per Ann Barnhardt, "Merry," in early modern English meant "mighty" or "great". And "rest" means "keep".)

Posted by: mindful webworker - let nothing you dismay at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (uPdbI)

33 Why is the male with the staff dressed as a Bedouin?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)

34 Posted by: Duncanthrax

Ooooooh. A double post.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM

Yah. Pixy was caganeering on me.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

35 Merry Christmas to the Horde!

Monteverdi smiles upon you all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrTsxQgCt0

Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 07:46 PM (NRGJj)

36 23
Is it figgy or thiggy pudding?

And what is it?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (yreN9)

Intertubes say similar to fruit cake, but different.
https://tinyurl.com/4k6ftyt9

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:47 PM (ynpvh)

37 Is it figgy or thiggy pudding?

And what is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer

You have to bring it, and bring it right now, before we can tell.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

38 It's been two-thousand years. When will the Jews admit they're wrong?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 07:35 PM (yreN9)

I have a friend, a rabbi here in town. He likes to say “When the Messiah comes, first thing I’m gonna ask him - is this your first visit here, or your second?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:48 PM (7JH4o)

39 I remember as a kid in Jr High going caroling. Is that done anymore?

I think that's gone the way of the Dodo bird.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (KDPiq)

40 33 Why is the male with the staff dressed as a Bedouin?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:45 PM (npFr7)

especially as he's not in the bed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ynpvh)

41 And why is the stonework in the stable in a state of ruin? Should have been a going concern in 1 B.C. And that broken arch on the left should be falling on Mary's head. There is literally nothing to prevent it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)

42 39 I remember as a kid in Jr High going caroling. Is that done anymore?

I think that's gone the way of the Dodo bird.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (KDPiq)

Sorry. Nowadays we have Karening.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ynpvh)

43 >>It's been two-thousand years. When will the Jews admit they're wrong?

When we're wrong.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (grNgC)

44 And a particularly merry Christmas to Jane D'oh!

Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (NRGJj)

45 41 And why is the stonework in the stable in a state of ruin? Should have been a going concern in 1 B.C. And that broken arch on the left should be falling on Mary's head. There is literally nothing to prevent it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)

Better call OSHA...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (ynpvh)

46 And why is the stonework in the stable in a state of ruin? Should have been a going concern in 1 B.C. And that broken arch on the left should be falling on Mary's head. There is literally nothing to prevent it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:49 PM (npFr7)

Don't know why that gave me a chuckle but it did.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)

47 There’s an Annie Lennox version of God Rest Ye you can find that is fantastic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (7JH4o)

48 have a friend, a rabbi here in town. He likes to say “When the Messiah comes, first thing I’m gonna ask him - is this your first visit here, or your second?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 07:48 PM (7JH4o)

That's pretty good.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (KDPiq)

49 >>I have a friend, a rabbi here in town. He likes to say “When the Messiah comes, first thing I’m gonna ask him - is this your first visit here, or your second?”

"Have you ever been to Utah?"

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 07:51 PM (grNgC)

50 Jane D'oh: Merry Christmas!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:42 PM (ynpvh)

Likewise from me, Jane!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:51 PM (npFr7)

51 St Peter: Boss, you need a little vacation. How about a weekend getaway to Earth?

God: No dice. They're still talking about my last vacation there and that was over 2,000 years ago!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (wVcYX)

52 “ For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.

Isaiah 9:6-7

Posted by: Marcus T at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (B5Sbl)

53 No discussing religion in the Christmas thread!

( Dr Strangelove snark )

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (KDPiq)

54 Wondering if it was acute one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 07:44 PM (ynpvh)

Do not be obtuse

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (gbOdA)

55 Don't know why that gave me a chuckle but it did.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)

The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)

56 Merry Christmas Eve, Horde!

I went out early this morning to do some last minute shopping. It was early in the day, so I wasn't expecting total chaos, but thought things might be a little hectic. Turns out, not so much. I guess it's due to online shopping, but last minute shopping isn't what it used to be.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 24, 2025 07:56 PM (OGOaV)

57 Merry Christmas, Jane D'oh!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

58 Years ago, the neighborhood pain-in-the-ass dog, a giant Black lab buck named Jet, casually ate the baby Jesus from a lavish manger scene in front of witnesses in broad daylight therefore proving to many it was the spawn of the devil.

Posted by: pawn at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (EMg+d)

59 Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 07:57 PM (f5220)

60 Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 24, 2025 07:56 PM (OGOaV)

Krogers was packed so I spent twice as much for a roll of paper towels at the Circle K so I wouldn't have to deal with it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 07:58 PM (KDPiq)

61 The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)

Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)

62 Wise Man #1: We were led by a star.

Brian's Mum: Led by a bottle, more like.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

63 Merry Christmas to ya rons and ettes!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (Kt19C)

64 I don't get Action Heroes that can't open a jar of spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (f5220)

65 The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM

Darnit, I'm an artist, AOP, not an engineer!

Posted by: The Modeler at December 24, 2025 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

66 My manger seen would have a door next to the stable with a flashing red no vacancy sign.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (KDPiq)

67 55 Don't know why that gave me a chuckle but it did.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:50 PM (gKDq2)

The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)

It was a Christmas miracle!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (ynpvh)

68 Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)

I expect most plebian building in Biblical Israel was done with adobe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:02 PM (npFr7)

69 61 The more you look at it, the more you realize the modeler simply did not know how arches work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 07:55 PM (npFr7)

Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2)

Ah, yes, an arch enemy.

Posted by: Piercello at December 24, 2025 08:03 PM (NRGJj)

70 Yeah it looks like Mary is in danger of having a severe head injury.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:04 PM (KDPiq)

71 The Romans knew how arches worked.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:04 PM (f5220)

72 62 Wise Man #1: We were led by a star.

Brian's Mum: Led by a bottle, more like.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

Reminds me of this one:
Guy is driving in the deep South and sees a creche with the three wise men dressed as firemen. So he stops and asks around and keeps being told it's in the Bible. So finally he asks, "Show me in the Bible where it says that!", and a guy goes, it says, "It's right here. It says they came from afar."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (ynpvh)

73 still recovering from abdominal surgery last week)

Still in fear of mine to come!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Kt19C)

74 Scene = Seen

Can't blame that on autocorrect. Just a brain fart,

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (KDPiq)

75 Must have been before building codes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (f5220)

76
1. How many reindeer does Santa have?
2. Can you name them all?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (yreN9)

77 Arches sure weren't decorative back then. I mean they could be. But decoration/style was not their purpose.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 07:59 PM (gKDq2

I tried to show them how it’s done.

Posted by: Titus at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (7JH4o)

78 (Per Ann Barnhardt, "Merry," in early modern English meant "mighty" or "great". And "rest" means "keep".)
Posted by: mindful webworker - let nothing you dismay
--

So, not pacifist?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (2ef5s)

79 One of those Florida pedestrian walking arches.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (pkeXY)

80 73 still recovering from abdominal surgery last week)

Still in fear of mine to come!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Kt19C)

My discomfort is much reduced. Coughs don't kill me like they did before (hold my belly for those), still prevent sneezes though, as I figure those will really hurt...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (ynpvh)

81 Krogers was packed so I spent twice as much for a roll of paper towels at the Circle K so I wouldn't have to deal with it.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Shit. You can't hide money, I guess.

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (oftw2)

82 79 One of those Florida pedestrian walking arches.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (pkeXY)

Dyslexic DEI...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (ynpvh)

83 76
1. How many reindeer does Santa have?
2. Can you name them all?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:06 PM (yreN9)

3. How many of his reindeer can jump higher than a house?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (ynpvh)

84
Just reading some more about this Black Dahlia/Zodiac suspect, Marvin Margolis (who used the alias Marvin Merrill in later life).

His son is fully cooperating with all this. He doesn't believe his father could have done it, but he's letting them have everything they want. They're going to do handwriting analysis and all that.

Also, Margolis did do 30 days in jail in CA for some fraud case involving an auto-repair business he was in in the early '70s.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

85 I just want to thank the Amazonian Gods of Delivery. Today I received the emergency Christmas gift I ordered myself, a Mr. Coffee machine.

Thank you, Amazonian Gods of Delivery!

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (gKDq2)

86 Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cubit, Donner, and Blitzen. And that tranny Rudolph.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (f5220)

87
lulz...

black people...

Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (yreN9)

88 Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at December 24, 2025 08:07 PM (oftw2)

Do you know how to drum?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (KDPiq)

89
but it is We who are in a "cult"

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (yreN9)

90 A Christmas Story . It’s on!

Posted by: Javems at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (8I4hW)

91 "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer is a superb account of the battles.

Posted by: Hal Dall at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (SBJWI)

92 Are we talking fully laden Reindeer?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (f5220)

93 87
lulz...

black people...

Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:08 PM (yreN9)

Those lefties sure like to "whitewash" any man or woman of color they don't like...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:10 PM (ynpvh)

94 Goddamn it. I go do chore for my wife and I miss the whole Zodiac cnoversation.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 08:10 PM (fd80v)

95 AOP, is Peon Manor at about 2,000 feet in elevation?

Posted by: Movin' On Up! at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (oftw2)

96 Was Prancer gay?

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)

97 Did she learn how to swim?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (f5220)

98 Christmas movie?
Three Godfathers, with the Duke.
On now, but getting sleeeeepy...
Zzzzz zzzzz Zzzzzz

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (Kt19C)

99 92 Are we talking fully laden Reindeer?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (f5220)

Q. How many of his reindeer can jump higher than a house?

A: All of them; houses don't jump.

(Not even the bouncy ones, unless poorly tied down and picked up by the wind, and even then it's not jumping).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (ynpvh)

100

Jim in Kali,

I loved the firemen joke, lol.

Thanks for the laugh.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (3ek7K)

101 "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer is a superb account of the battles.
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 24, 2025 08:09 PM (SBJWI)

David McCullough's "1776" isn't bad, either. Covers only the year 1776, including The Battle of Trenton as a windup.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (gKDq2)

102 Cubit?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:13 PM (pkeXY)

103 Merry Christmas to all. Your gift of friendship is treasured.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (sDNVV)

104 Cubit?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2025 08:13 PM (pkeXY)

He was on Noah's Ark

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (KDPiq)

105 100

Jim in Kali,

I loved the firemen joke, lol.

Thanks for the laugh.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:12 PM (3ek7K)

Thx (not my joke, just stole it).
Merry Christmas to you too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (ynpvh)

106 Who would have built a stone building that was falling down at that point?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (f5220)

107 Cubit is like elbow joint to fingertips iirc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:15 PM (f5220)

108 Guy is driving in the deep South and sees a creche with the three wise men dressed as firemen. So he stops and asks around and keeps being told it's in the Bible. So finally he asks, "Show me in the Bible where it says that!", and a guy goes, it says, "It's right here. It says they came from afar."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:05 PM (ynpvh)

LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (wVcYX)

109
Who's having a White Christmas?

/raises claw

It snowed enough yesterday to make everything white.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (yreN9)

110 106 Who would have built a stone building that was falling down at that point?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Mesopotmanians?

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (oftw2)

111 I like how Mr. Bean adds in T-Rex to the Nativity scene in the department store.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (wVcYX)

112
Did she learn how to swim?
Posted by: Boss Moss

In a matter of speaking.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (yreN9)

113 106 Who would have built a stone building that was falling down at that point?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:14 PM (f5220)

It was the rage in Britain, at some point, to build ruins to have on one's estate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:17 PM (ynpvh)

114 AOP, is Peon Manor at about 2,000 feet in elevation?
Posted by: Movin' On Up! at December 24, 2025 08:11 PM (oftw2)

Around 2950 feet, according to a topo map found online.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:19 PM (npFr7)

115 109
Who's having a White Christmas?

/raises claw

It snowed enough yesterday to make everything white.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:16 PM (yreN9)

Rain here. They say it's an atmospheric river...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:19 PM (ynpvh)

116 To be fair, there are times when a certain scrupulosity over details happens here in the comments.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (0sNs1)

117 It was the rage in Britain, at some point, to build ruins to have on one's estate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That's right. They also built Church ruins to bury their rich relatives in. It was all the rage.

Posted by: Closer To Heaven at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (oftw2)

118
Did she learn how to swim?
Posted by: Boss Moss
=====
In a matter of speaking.
Posted by: Soothsayer
=====
Here's to swimmin' with bow legged wimmen.
- Quint

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (QVmho)

119 May all of your Christmases be white.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:20 PM (f5220)

120 We had a nice service of nine lessons and carols. Come back to watch the first part of "Scrooge" / A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim which is. a seasonal favorite, so much so that FenSpouse repeats some of the lines out loud before the actors actually say them. Hes been doing it for as long as I've known him😉 Did I mention what a big help he was to me decorating the church? So, I can't really complain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (rZCVI)

121 Definitely a White Christmas here. Two inches fell in the last 24 hours, and it won't be melting any time soon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (npFr7)

122 120 We had a nice service of nine lessons and carols. Come back to watch the first part of "Scrooge" / A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim which is. a seasonal favorite, so much so that FenSpouse repeats some of the lines out loud before the actors actually say them. Hes been doing it for as long as I've known him😉 Did I mention what a big help he was to me decorating the church? So, I can't really complain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:21 PM (rZCVI)

Any Wassailing?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (ynpvh)

123 Rain here. They say it's an atmospheric river...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Kinda sad y'all can't dig a hole in the ground to store water. In many other states, they are called reservoirs.

Posted by: French Term, I Believe at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (oftw2)

124
That's nice, Fenelon. Glad it went well.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (yreN9)

125 We are supposed to be having a white "day after Christmas."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (rZCVI)

126 Merry Christmas everyone
Back from candlelight service

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)

127 Any wax drips to report?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:23 PM (f5220)

128 123 Rain here. They say it's an atmospheric river...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Kinda sad y'all can't dig a hole in the ground to store water. In many other states, they are called reservoirs.

Posted by: French Term, I Believe at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (oftw2)

In Kali, we blow more dams than we build, and can't blame Kumala for all of the blowing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:23 PM (ynpvh)

129 Well, Imma out for a bit...gonna rest again.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (ynpvh)

130 You can store water in reservoirs now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (f5220)

131 When we turn our backs on Israel’s demise, a whole lot of Western Christian culture goes poof.
TC is a self serving fool.

Posted by: Accomack at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (/Chlc)

132 Around 2950 feet, according to a topo map found online.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Wow, that means it's downhill to Rowley then.

Posted by: Coasting Away. at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (oftw2)

133 Who would have built a stone building that was falling down at that point?

Is that going to be on the test?

Posted by: Florida International University Engineering at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (UYzXg)

134 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (ynpvh)

I'm not actually sure what "wassailing" is but I think it involves alcoholic beverages and singing . 😉 we can't have alcohol on church property and I'm not about to go to the liquor store right now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (rZCVI)

135 No White Christmas in Babylon DC. In fact, it will be in the 50s and sunny. Golf weather, except I'm working and the courses are closed on Christmas.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (aKh6S)

136 Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:22 PM (yreN9)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (rZCVI)

137 Merry Christmas, friends! And garrett, too!

And of course a special thanks to the cobloggers! Give them a hand.
Posted by: Ace

Merry Christmas, Ace!

Merry Christmas, CoBs! 👏

Merry Christmas, Horde!

We all knew garrett was more than a friend.....

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:25 PM (nhCoE)

138
No snow in SW Wyoming. It's 50 degrees now.

Strangest winter we've had here.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:26 PM (3ek7K)

139 The redacted wasn't redacted.
Now is that why Dan left?
Is Kash next? How much can he take.

Posted by: torabora at December 24, 2025 08:26 PM (KtOUo)

140 65 F tomorrow with high wind warning. If it doesn't start snowing soon and for the rest of winter, our current drought will be terrible next year.

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:27 PM (YGRGv)

141 Thanks Ben Had. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas

Posted by: Javems at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (8I4hW)

142 They effed up the redacting in Adobe apparently.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (f5220)

143 My Aunt and uncle from Alaska are here, good to see them.
Will again tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)

144 A ha! The Bumpus hounds!

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (YGRGv)

145 They effed up the redacting in Adobe apparently.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:28 PM (f5220)

"You had one job."

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 08:29 PM (wVcYX)

146
Archer,

We're in the same boat. We need the snow for the reservoir .

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:30 PM (3ek7K)

147 Quiet evening here. Just cutting up some summer sausage and assorted cheeses. Got red seedless grapes, garlic-stuffed olives, and raspberries to go with the crackers n stuff tomorrow.

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:31 PM (rdVOm)

148 I have a nice little hand-carved manger I bought in Jerusalem. The guy who sold it to me was a muslim shopkeeper.

It still works.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2025 08:32 PM (nWPIJ)

149 Fourseasons

Yep the Black Hills are going to be bone dry.

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:33 PM (YGRGv)

150 139 The redacted wasn't redacted.
Now is that why Dan left?
Is Kash next? How much can he take.
Posted by: torabora a
---

Are they leaving because they have been thwarted in their mission?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (2ef5s)

151 Wow, that means it's downhill to Rowley then.
Posted by: Coasting Away. at December 24, 2025 08:24 PM (oftw2)

Rowley is at 2130 feet, so a lot lower, 820 feet lower. Doesn't really feel like it, though. Big part of the elevation difference is that one bank of the Red Deer River canyon is lower than the other.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (npFr7)

152 No snow. Boo! It was 60 degrees here today-- 20 higher than normal. More rain than normal also, but not *flooding* amount.

Brown, muddy Christmas. Bah! Humbug!

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:34 PM (rdVOm)

153 Didn't think of it until reading the head article I bet the church down the road has a live nativity. They have a full lean to out near the road.

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (Ia/+0)

154 I have a nice little hand-carved manger I bought in Jerusalem. The guy who sold it to me was a muslim shopkeeper.

It still works.
Posted by: Cicero

Back when we had malls, there were kiosks at Christmas time selling crosses made of olive wood from Israel.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (c115l)

155 48 I have a nice little hand-carved manger I bought in Jerusalem. The guy who sold it to me was a muslim shopkeeper.

It still works.
Posted by: Cicero

Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. Nothing is the same.

Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at December 24, 2025 08:35 PM (oftw2)

156 >>We all knew garrett was more than a friend.....

hahaha -

He thought he could hide that in the Content, safe in his assumption that nobody would ever read it.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 08:37 PM (grNgC)

157
Archer, we had water restrictions through the summer and fall. Barely any rain.

Hubby said probably we'll have a blizzard in May, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:38 PM (3ek7K)

158 He thought he could hide that in the Content, safe in his assumption that nobody would ever read it.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 08:37 PM

Well, we are approaching the end of the annual Commenter Review period.

He'd have gotten away with it in January.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2025 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

159 Romans had good architects. One reason, they required that the architect stand under the arch when they installed the last piece, the keystone.

He had an incentive to make sure it was overbuilt and wasn’t going to collapse.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 08:39 PM (2RHvg)

160 Until recently I always thought "manger" was just another name for "stable". It's actually a feed trough. Could could be just as wide as an animal stall or the full length of a barn. Usually integral with the barn structure and/or animal stall walls/dividers.

Having no guest rooms available they may have had to rent a stall that other guests would pay to board their animals in. Maybe same rate?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)

161 If I recall correctly, the early 70s S.C. Farm Strike and march on Columbia was a couple hundred tractors, most tractors I’d ever seen at that point in my life.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (LHPAg)

162 Sometimes it's described as a cave.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 08:43 PM (f5220)

163 1. How many reindeer does Santa have?
2. Can you name them all?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Ten.

Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Olive.

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:44 PM (nhCoE)

164 My idea of moving Christmas to January 25 would solve the Non-White Christmas deal. Christ was born on October 1 or 2, so our current date is nonsense anyway. Having it later would break up winter more and assure the maximum folks having snow. As soon as we solve the DST thing, Christmas should be moved for the sake of children of coler, especially.

Posted by: Time For Change at December 24, 2025 08:44 PM (oftw2)

165 Makes senceca manger is a feed trough. Bit of hay and a blanket makes a good baby bed

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)

166 Having no guest rooms available they may have had to rent a stall that other guests would pay to board their animals in. Maybe same rate?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)

Could also be a part of a cheese factory. "A Whey in a Manger".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (npFr7)

167
5 y/o granddaughter asked a couple of weeks ago if it is going to be a brown Christmas.

She's always had a white Christmas.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (3ek7K)

168 Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 08:46 PM (MvI35)

169 Working tomorrow, high of 76 in ETEX.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (LHPAg)

170

Lol AOP

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (3ek7K)

171 lulz...

black people...

Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.

Posted by: Soothsayer
+++++

Meh.

I think she is from Trinidad AND Tobago and would personally not want to be "black American" as many more educated Africans feel.

Granted, she is in entertainment and would be careful not to say that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 08:47 PM (/lPRQ)

172 @nicksortor
7h
🚨 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard

SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard

MARINES are “regular forces”

Posted by: @nicksortor at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (UYzXg)

173
Olive?!

Who the hell is Olive?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (yreN9)

174 Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. ...
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
-------

And the Chinese make our medicine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)

175 171 lulz...

black people...

Nicki Minaj is no longer a "black American" goblins declare on Black Twitter and Black Tik Tok.

Posted by: Soothsayer
But still lesbian right, strong and all that?

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2025 08:51 PM (LHPAg)

176 Best holidays Ace. I mostly lurk here, but your cafes always make me smile😊
Thank you for the daily break from the craziness.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2025 08:51 PM (LNeRu)

177 Olive?!

Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer

She's in the song. "Olive, the other reindeer."

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:52 PM (nhCoE)

178 Merry Christmas everyone. May you all enjoy your Red Ryder BB guns with this thing that tells time.

Posted by: Archer at December 24, 2025 08:53 PM (YGRGv)

179 >>>SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard

MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor
---

I can't find it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:53 PM (2ef5s)

180 Olive?!

Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (yreN9)

I thought 'Olive' was the new name.

Used to be Ollie.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 08:55 PM (gKDq2)

181
Today Olive identifies as Oliver. Gotta be PC.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 24, 2025 08:56 PM (3ek7K)

182 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard

SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard

MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor

Ooh-rah!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 08:56 PM (c115l)

183 182 2/5 setting up roadblocks on the Eisenhower.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (gm9Sb)

184
If I touch raw meat I will not touch anything else until I wash my hands.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (yreN9)

185
I should have been working today.

But I wasn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 08:59 PM (tgvbd)

186 Quiet evening here. Just cutting up some summer sausage and assorted cheeses. Got red seedless grapes, garlic-stuffed olives, and raspberries to go with the crackers n stuff tomorrow.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 08:31 PM (rdVOm)

We went to the Korean restaurant.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (rbvCR)

187 @nicksortor
7h
🚨 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard

SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard

MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (UYzXg)

Just wait, the next judge will rule the use of the regular armed forces illegal, trying to put Trump in a zugzwang.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (gKDq2)

188 Olive?!

Who the hell is Olive?
Posted by: Soothsayer

She's in the song. "Olive, the other reindeer."
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 08:52 PM (nhCoE)

***

How long you been waiting to spring that on us?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (2WIwB)

189
MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor

__________

When it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2025 09:00 PM (tgvbd)

190 How long you been waiting to spring that on us?
Posted by: Diogenes

That joke is old enough to shave, at minimum.

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2025 09:01 PM (nhCoE)

191 174 Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. ...
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
-------

And the Chinese make our medicine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)

And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)

192 CENTURIES [tanker] (9206310), laden with circa 1.8 million barrels of Merey-16 crude oil from Venezuela, has re-appeared today on AIS south of Puerto Rico. She is now south of the Dominican Republic. She should reach the GOLA, USA in about six days time...

Port of Galveston Offshore Lightering Area (GOLA)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:03 PM (2ef5s)

193 Trump said, we're keeping the oil, we're keeping the ships too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2ef5s)

194 I dunno if I’m happy with Marines or any armed forces really being deployed by a president on American soil. Because President Newsom or AOC will as well. Do we really want to go down that path?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (MvI35)

195 Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. ...
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
-------

And the Chinese make our medicine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)

And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)

Those yards aren't going to cut themselves.
- - Jose and Diego

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2WIwB)

196 All your ships are belong to us.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (f5220)

197 CENTURIES [tanker] (9206310), laden with circa 1.8 million barrels of Merey-16 crude oil from Venezuela, has re-appeared today on AIS south of Puerto Rico. She is now south of the Dominican Republic. She should reach the GOLA, USA in about six days time...

Port of Galveston Offshore Lightering Area (GOLA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:03 PM (2ef5s)

Apparently Maduro pays his generals in oil, which is sold overseas where it is easier to launder the money to evade the US banking sanctions. Should the tankers stop running, the money stops flowing and Maduro doesn't have a military any more. The Generals do.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (rbvCR)

198 195 Arabs make all the bagels in NYC now too. The old Jews who did that died, or are in The Villages, their progeny went to Law School and are a Royal PITA now. ...
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords
-------

And the Chinese make our medicine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 08:49 PM (2ef5s)

And we run the IT for all of it.
- Indian H1B s
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:02 PM (MvI35)

Those yards aren't going to cut themselves.
- - Jose and Diego
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (2WIwB)

If you guys ever need a place to crash for the night we got you covered.
- The Patels who own every motel in America

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:06 PM (MvI35)

199 Merry Christmas, All!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:07 PM (77rzZ)

200 200

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:07 PM (77rzZ)

201

Do you dislike using the FBI and the Federal reserve for political purposes, too? And if so, where were you bitching about this the last 4 years.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (rbvCR)

202 For reasons I can't explain, whenever I wave a bag of kitty treats around, only ONE cat comes running.

Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) absolutely LOVES her catnip-infused kitty treats.

The rest of my feline brood can't be bothered.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (ESVrU)

203 Yippee!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2025 09:08 PM (77rzZ)

204 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard

SCOTUS said “regular forces” must be used before the Guard

MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor

+++++

Who did they deploy to enforce school desegregation on the racist Democrats back in the 50s / 60s ?

82nd or 101st ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (/lPRQ)

205 No list of the worst Christmas songs is complete without "Pierre the Polymorphicly Perverse Christmas Penguin". This is the only known Christmas song that consistently makes children cry and is therefore banned in over 77 countries.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (vFG9F)

206 I dunno if I’m happy with Marines or any armed forces really being deployed by a president on American soil. Because President Newsom or AOC will as well. Do we really want to go down that path?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 24, 2025 09:04 PM (MvI35)

I agree. An absolutely last resort. I don't think the cities have felt enough pain yet. The demand should be from the grassroots...the citizens. Will innocent people be hurt? Yup. But that's on the local government. Not the federal government.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2025 09:09 PM (2WIwB)

207 I think the 101 was involved.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:10 PM (f5220)

208 And the Word became flesh. And dwelt among us.

Merry Christmas to all of you incredible souls.

Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2025 09:10 PM (lCppi)

209 I was hoping Wolfus would be around, my Coon kitten is getting dreds in his armpits, and I am wondering what I can do about it besides trimming them periodically, which distresses him

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (rbvCR)

210 201

Do you dislike using the FBI and the Federal reserve for political purposes, too? And if so, where were you bitching about this the last 4 years.
Posted by: Kindltot
---

Right here.

We've been here bitching about it since before Obama was elected. Remember the FBI hounded that poor scientist so hard he committed suicide
over that white powder from Florida?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (2ef5s)

211 LMAO! The Democrat lawfare against President Trump may now BACKFIRE, resulting in MARINES being sent into Chicago instead of National Guard..

+++

And wasn't the bugaboo about enforcing "state law"?

F-U, they are here to enforce the federal laws against killing federal agents and terrorism which the state refuses to support.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:11 PM (/lPRQ)

212 204
'Who did they deploy to enforce school desegregation on the racist Democrats back in the 50s / 60s ?

82nd or 101st ?'

The 101st.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (fd80v)

213 I should get to bed, bad to get off schedule

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)

214 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:12 PM (f5220)

215 Our troll master President goes through on not only seizing the oil but the tankers, and has the First Lady conduct rechristening ceremonies. The MT Barron, the MT Erik, the MT Don Jr. Give the View whores something to talk about.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (gm9Sb)

216 Apparently Maduro pays his generals in oil, which is sold overseas where it is easier to launder the money to evade the US banking sanctions. Should the tankers stop running, the money stops flowing and Maduro doesn't have a military any more. The Generals do.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2025 09:05 PM (rbvCR)

Thank you! I’ve been trying to convince people that’s what this is all about! Getting every general to realize their lives could get a lot easier if Maduro wasn’t around anymore.
And there is one other big source of cash for those generals - all of those blue barrel’s in all of those drug boats.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:13 PM (7JH4o)

217 Send some Marines to stand on those liberal justices front porch. Just stand their.
If questioned they reply, 'you know the answers'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:14 PM (2ef5s)

218 If I touch raw meat I will not touch anything else until I wash my hands.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 08:58 PM (yreN9)

Something something Sandra Fluke...

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2025 09:14 PM (A62KL)

219 We went to the Korean restaurant.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Excellent!

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 09:15 PM (rdVOm)

220 Not to be pedant but it was Eisenhower who deployed them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:16 PM (2ef5s)

221 >>If I touch raw meat I will not touch anything else until I wash my hands.

This is how I know you are not Bobby Flay.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2025 09:16 PM (grNgC)

222 Have a good night everyone
And no peeking under the tree

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2025 09:18 PM (Ia/+0)

223 Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: KT at December 24, 2025 09:19 PM (7vIsy)

224 I’m in Northern NH.
Of course it’s a White Christmas.

We only let non-Caucasians in in the Summer.

Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:20 PM (30Gj0)

225 Kindltot - just slap one of those multi-colored Rasta berets on the cat and give him some weed.

Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2025 09:20 PM (Epuwl)

226 Christmas Surprise?
Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) retweeted

🇺🇲 FLEET with 3,000–4,000 assault troops (Marines) spotted TODAY sailing aggressively headed to 🇻🇪

USS Iwo Jima (LHD) + 2 LPDs + AOR can carry ~3,000–4,000 assault troops. AOR, an oiler, fuel.

Add OVEAN TRADER special ops mothership.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2025 09:21 PM (2ef5s)

227 I don't care what anybody says, but I nailed the mashed potatoes...

Wait...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2025 09:22 PM (mlg/3)

228 Public Service Announcement:

If any of you are handy Costco has 500ft of 12/2 on sale for 250 dollars.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 09:23 PM (XV/Pl)

229 MARINES are “regular forces”
Posted by: @nicksortor

__________

When it positively, absolutely has to be destroyed overnight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Mrs. O'Leary, a lonely city raises it's eyes to you...

Posted by: rickb223 at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (c115l)

230 Because President Newsom or AOC will as well. Do we really want to go down that path?
——-

They are going to do that anyway. They went down that path a long, long, long time ago.

This notion that nobody should do anything because the democrats will do what they are gonna do anyway, or already are, is just not persuasive to me any longer.

Expecting civility or restraint or basic decency much less lawful behaviour from these clowns is a fools’s errand. Always has.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (5dzh4)

231 Wire?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (f5220)

232 @231

>> Wire?

Yes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2025 09:25 PM (XV/Pl)

233 Wire?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (f5220)

*points* Thar!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (wVcYX)

234 Test

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (7JH4o)

235 This is very different tonight. Due to family schedules, we celebrated Christmas a week ago.
Tonight I’m sitting by the tree with Christmas music on, enjoying it for a second time.
And the cats are all hung by the fireplace with care.
That took some doing by myself.

Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (30Gj0)

236 My cat is outside, doing cat things. He only comes in when it's cold or raining, mr. rough n tough, LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2025 09:29 PM (rdVOm)

237 This is very different tonight. Due to family schedules, we celebrated Christmas a week ago.
Tonight I’m sitting by the tree with Christmas music on, enjoying it for a second time.
And the cats are all hung by the fireplace with care.
That took some doing by myself.
Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:28 PM (30Gj0)

Cats are like kangaroos in a way. Give them a hanging stocking/pouch they can climb into and out of and they'll stay there all day.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:31 PM (gKDq2)

238 Cats are like kangaroos in a way. Give them a hanging stocking/pouch they can climb into and out of and they'll stay there all day.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:31 PM (gKDq2)

If cats had opposable thumbs, we’d have been in trouble a long time ago.

Posted by: RI Red at December 24, 2025 09:34 PM (30Gj0)

239 Cats are like kangaroos in a way. Give them a hanging stocking/pouch they can climb into and out of and they'll stay there all day.
Posted by: RickZ

Animals are simple that way.

Posted by: some dude in a hammock at December 24, 2025 09:35 PM (nhCoE)

240
If any of you are handy Costco has 500ft of 12/2 on sale for 250 dollars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Good price.
I wonder if President Trump's policies lowered the price of CU (copper, for those unaware).

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2025 09:38 PM (yreN9)

241 If any of you are handy Costco has 500ft of 12/2 on sale for 250 dollars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Door Buster Special !

If planning any new projects would definitely look into it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:38 PM (/lPRQ)

242 Hi temp here in NE Okla today was in the low 70s. Tomorrow's forecast calls for 77°.

We had amazing thick fog yesterday morning and this morning; will probably have more tomorrow. That'll have to do for a "white Christmas" for us. Really not complaining!🌞🤠

MiladyJo fixed "three kinds of fish" for us tonight: salmon and cream cheese on crackers for an appetizer; cod, which wasn't very good, maybe freezer-burnt; and crabcakes, which were great, although not really fish.

Italian-heritage son-in-law and our daughter are in NY with his family for Christmas, so this year we didn't have to suffer through that twenty-seven seafoods or whatever it is Italians like to do.🐟🐠🦈🐡🙂

Posted by: mindful webworker - let it shine, let it shine, let it shine at December 24, 2025 09:39 PM (uPdbI)

243 They are going to do that anyway. They went down that path a long, long, long time ago.

This notion that nobody should do anything because the democrats will do what they are gonna do anyway, or already are, is just not persuasive to me any longer.

Expecting civility or restraint or basic decency much less lawful behaviour from these clowns is a fools’s errand. Always has.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2025 09:24 PM (5dzh4)

Political suicidal empathy.

"They went down that path a long, long, long time ago."

Lois Lerner IRS Supervisor extraordinaire. Just one bureaucratic (D) example among many after her. One of those little things that adds up. Pile on cencorship over a laptop and COVID. The FBI going after Catholics, particularly the Latin mass ones. Pile on the FBI going after parents at school board meetings for being 'terrorists'. Pile on the entrapment of J-6. Pile on a whole bunch of crap.

Fuck them. This is war. War for our Country.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:42 PM (gKDq2)

244 12XU

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=5mnIvBlGN3Y

Posted by: WIRE at December 24, 2025 09:42 PM (grNgC)

245 Watching last episode of "Good Bye Earth".

Feel good show where Koreans stoically await SMOD to hit the Korean Peninsula.

Many were able to get visas to other countries. Dirt-bags hanging around, living it up, and LARPing the worst Epstein has been accused of.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2025 09:43 PM (/lPRQ)

246 Animals are simple that way.
Posted by: some dude in a hammock at December 24, 2025 09:35 PM (nhCoE)

This is true. Though usually not indoors.

Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2025 09:44 PM (gKDq2)

247 I dropped off a Christmas gift to friends today. On the way over I stopped at the Dollar Store and on a whim bought a few bags of cat treats for her gang of three. Friends thanked me for the gift, cats asked what took so long.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 24, 2025 09:44 PM (gm9Sb)

248 Merry Christmas, Ace!
Merry Christmas, everybody!

Posted by: Bach In Black at December 24, 2025 09:45 PM (KY9hS)

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