Baka. I avoid large crowds of people at this time of year. It is all too easy for ninja to blend in with the innocent shoppers.
As you said, WTGPA, can't swing a dead cat without hitting a FReeper...should warn you though...here in the Hobbit Hole, you can't toss a dwarf without hitting a dead elf...or something like that...hmmmm...gonna hafta think on that one a bit...
on second thought...I WONT think about it...at all...ever...OH MY HEAD!