[PatrickHenry]

Time to start hanging my stockings by the fireplace with care. I'll be lurking, but not too much, until Thursday. Here's my Christmas placemarker:

The Night Before Christmas 1776

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The Night Before Christmas 1776

Every time I see that depiction of Washington crossing the Delaware, I imagine the rest of the guys in the boat as the chorus, singing "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from the musical "Guy's 'n' Dolls"....

Sorry; had to share that with somebody.....