Not a creature was stirring....

Without much going on Soxwise, figured I'd shut it down for the holidays.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all The Soxaholix readers, and thanks so much for being here daily for what turned out to be another really fantastic year!

– Hart

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Comments

[louclinton]

Amen, h.b. and all y'all. Fortunately, I got the hack parody out of my system the other day, so let me say again, thanks to hb, and the rest of the alcoholic ne'r do well, thrill-seeking, mom's basement dwelling, over-acheiving, baseball-loving, meaty-thigh admiring, mfy-hating, over-educated, under-appreciated, and dyspeptic crowd.

mc 'n hny.
[yes, it is warm here.]

lc

[Bob]

Merry Christmas, happy holidays to the great H.B., and all the loons who frequent this creepy space.

I'm on vacation after today (until Jan. 2). Today's the shortest day of the year, yet promises to be the longest for me.

I wish you all (even the MFY fans) the best. My godson's 1st birthday is on Christmas Eve, and it makes me realize one thing:

We are fam-i-ly...

Oh, and fuck the Skankees.

[Ryan with a capital "R"]

Merry Christmas to you, too, hb, and thanks.

[Jeffrey]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Holiday Work party starts at noon for me, so short day. Yipee!

Then down to CT to see the 'rents for the holidays. Wish me luck. Thank God for booze.

[vasoxfan]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

[jamesfrmmaine]

Merry Christmas.

Thanks HB and all the regulars for adding immensely to my enjoyment of being a sox fan.

JFM

[guiness_drinker]

Merry Christmas everyone - love this blog, one of my favorites. I just wanted to pass this on - I just bought my Dad, 2 brothers in law, and myself one of these for Christmas - it's the official artist of the Sox - looks like he's selling it all for 1/2 off. The work looks unbelievable - should be arriving today. Check it out: www.markwaitkus.com. Found the link on the Herald's site.

[mikeya2k1]

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear jesus
happy birthday to you!!
happy holidays HB. and to all the soxaholixs and the rest of the nation too!!

[Jeffrey]

For those of us participating in holiday office parties today or this weekend http://www.boston.com/jobs/galleries/holiday_parties1206/

[buckner was framed]

Thanks, hb and all the regulars (and irregulars) for the many laughs this past year. lc, who you callin' over-educated?
Merry Christmas all, and in the words of the immortal Sgt Esterhaus, "Let's be careful out there"

[vermonter]

Merry Christmas, etc. to all.

[yazbread]

In keeping with the true spirit of Soxaholix:

Bah, Humbug.

[Bob]

You only got the surly half of it, yazbread.

Throw us some lovable...

[Harwich Rich]

I just want to say mele kalikimaka to hb and all the soxaholix gang(right jen,da kine? :D ) First Spring training game Feb.28 can't wait

[meredith]

Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy (belated) Hanukkah, and, um, Fun Kwanzaa (?) to all!! And a Happy New Year, too.

(Except the Skankees and their fans, of course. ;>)

[yazbread]

OK Bob, I'll give in to peer pressure.

Joyeaux Noel to all. Happy holidays and safe travels. May you all find a bottle of Absinthe under the Christmas tree this year.

[Natalie]

Happy holidays to one and all. Here's hoping for a Santana under the Christmas tree and a fantastic New Year (WS Champs 2008). Safe travels!

[Kaz]

Happy Festivus (for the rest of us)! First, the Airing of Grievances! lc, you're some place warm...you bastard, enjoy it while you can! Bob, you drink more than me...lucky bastard!

Ok, now for Feats of Strength!

Finally, they'd take away my Ph.D. in science if I didn't remind everyone that:

The Earth's axial tilt is the reason for the season!

Haha, Happy Holidays to all. I'll be back from MD around 1/1/08.

[Hawaii Phil]

Thanks for a great year of Sox mania...I have really enjoyed all your efforts to keep us all in the loop!
Aloha from the Sandwich Islands,

[Betsy in Rhode Island]

Wasn't Christmas in October?

[Sonoma Sox]

Happy Holidays to all!

May we all have pleasant dreams of beer carts arriving earlier in the New Year, a pill to prevent gout, Senor Santana and another couple championships wouldn't be bad either.

Feliz Navidad - that's California for merry x-mas.

[yazbread]

Does axial tilt explain why SDU has not weighed in with holiday greetings?

[Bob]

Harwich and dakine, sing it with me:

Mele kalikimaka is the thing to say

on a bright

Hawaiian Christmas day...

Three and a half years in Honolulu gives this haole the right (if not the voice) to PROCLAIM.

[jen in HI]

Ah Bob...you know that's on constant loop at the shopping malls?! ear worm indeed. Fondest aloha and Mele kalikimaka to all. Thanks to HB for his continuing generosity..sharing his thoughts and this space with such a sordid lot. Cheers!

[NolaSox]

Merry Christmas, ya'll. The egg nog cart came by a few minutes ago - actually that may have been 20 it has taken me awhile to type this - brandy and bourbon. Lucid will be under my tree (I found it for 50 at a local store), WS Wally in my kids stockings, and My First Red Sox World Series win T-Shirt for my baby girl. I don't need anything after winning my retina blinding WORLD SERIES CHAMPS shirt.

[soxdownunder]

Yes, Yazbread, it is partially the axial tilt (it is 6.50am tomorrow), paritally the red wine and waiting for the red berocca to fizz, but mostly I am still in shock from receiving this E-Christmas card from Bob

http://www.rga.com/holiday07/index.html?cardID=7a628012-0438-4e80-baec-a499bd691011

That's some weird shit right there.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!!!!! Thanks for all th entertainment and especially to those who bought me drinks at the Baseball Tavern, recommmended sushi places etc etc.

sdu

[Bob]

Is that shirt bedazzled, NolaSox?

Back in the day, my sister bedazzled my Little League jersey.

She's, uh, been missing since then.

[Bob]

Jeez, SDU, now everyone's gonna think I'm weird.

BTW, I also sent one to H.B.

No response so far. :))

[soxdownunder]

You're secret is safe with us big boy.

[soxdownunder]

It rugs the lotion on its skin ...

[Daubie]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. May Papi and friends continue to bring us all much joy in 2008. And thanks to h.b. for all the laughs

[h.b]

//BTW, I also sent one to H.B. No response so far. :))//

Friggin' hilarious!!!!

And, yes, weird and disturbing too. (But in a good way.)

[yazbread]

Please tell me that disturbing Christmas card refers to Sriracha.

[jen in HI]

So lc is surly and lovable and Bob is weird and disturbing...oh and friggin' hiLarry-us. Keep up the good work peeps.

[Bob]

//Please tell me that disturbing Christmas card refers to Sriracha.//

Uh, yeah...yeah, that's what I was referring to.

Actually, the tat was supposed to be SANTA's opinion of SDU (and H.B.), not mine.

Hmmm, that sounds similar to our ongoing "the characters are not H.B." mantra, no?

Have a great Christmas/holiday, everyone. I'm starting beer cart early.

[Bob]

As I sip my Pacifico, this ESPN.com headline caught my eye. Seems a bit backwards, no?

Ochoa voted AP athlete of the year | Brady, too

[Kathode Ray Tube]

Thanks for all the funny posts. Love your blog!

[vancouversoxfan]

I'm late chiming in, but Merry Christmas to you all.

[Jim Loomis]

Aloha to all from Maui. Mele Kalikimaka e Haoli Makahiki Hou. Imua Kakini! (Go Sox!)

[soxdownunder]

Yay! Santa (Mrs SDU) bought me new golf clubs!

[Devine]

Happy holidays, y'all!

[Kaz]

I just shot Santa trying to come through the front door.

Don't let your kids wake up this morning.

Merry Christmas.

[Dr. Solzhenitsyn]

Another gift today received...fatso Clemens posting his mea culpa via HDTV.

If that doesn't implicate guilt, I'm not living in the gulag archipelago! Harrumph!

[pinstripe thunder]

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy 2008 to all of you in everything except baseball. Keep up the good work, h.b., misguided though it may be. Wish there was room for a tree down here in the basement.

[tessie]

Merry Christmas to all fans of the best team in baseball. Happy New Year too!

[tessie]

Merry Christmas to all fans of the best team in baseball. Happy New Year too!

[Ethan Michaels]

Happy Holidays to you and all the other readers here!

Ethan Michaels
http://modernrooters.blogspot.com/

[Ghengis Ortiz]

Sooo, big news is Fatso Clemens has hired a private dick. Get out yer magnifying glasses.

[Ghengis Ortiz]

It's like we don't even need to do/say anything about the MFYs or their fans anymore, just watch them do it to themselves!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/sports/baseball/28shirt.html?ref=baseball

Ahhh, the schadenfreude...yum...

[soxdownunder]

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/12/27/expect_a_yes_vote_for_rice_finally/ "> LET JIM IN