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Happy Holidays from the Bunker!

December 25, 2008 By Jeff 53 Comments

Just a quick note to wish everyone a merry Christmas…  I hope you’re having a wonderful day, and all that stuff.

Toney and I didn’t get to bed until 1:30 this morning, a-finalizing and whatnot, and the Secrets were swinging for the fences four short hours later.  So, my brain is thoroughly fried-up.  Right now I’m animated by coffee, and nothing else.

One of the gifts we gave the younglings is an old-fashioned looking turntable.  They’re intrigued by my album collection, and now have something on which to play those strange and exotic discs from a distant era.

So, we had the interesting experience of sitting around the tree on Christmas morning, while being serenaded by AC/DC’s “She’s Got Balls.”  Happy holidays!

The older boy also scored a Paul McCartney-style violin bass, and the younger Secret got a drum kit.  The drums are still boxed-up, but soon the house will be filled with “music.”

My gifts included Season 3 of Deadwood, and two more years of Curb Your Enthusiasm.  I also got some clothes, and cold hard cash from my parents.  No gadgetry this go-’round, because I’m all gadgeted-up.  Unfortunately.

What are your gift highlights for Christmas 2008?  Did Santa J. McClaus bring you everything you wanted?  Tell us about it in the comments.

Oh, and this is now playing in the bunker.  Somebody must’ve given it to me as a gift years ago, because it’s strongly associated with Christmas in my mind.  It just wouldn’t be the holidays without Rock of the Westies; it MUST be played.  Do you have a CD like that?

Have a great day, my friends.  I’ll see ya soon.

Scared of Santa!

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  1. DTO says

    December 25, 2008 at 11:38 am

    Merry Christmas Jeff, Toney and da boyz!
    -dave

    Reply
  2. MullicaHillDave says

    December 25, 2008 at 11:44 am

    Merry Christmas all – good luck with the drum kit…..

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  3. Yvonne says

    December 25, 2008 at 11:56 am

    I’m still waiting for everyone else to wake up so we can open presents! (It’s almost 8:00 a.m. here… funny, I am usually the last one to wake up on Christmas.)

    Merry xmas everybody!

    Reply
  4. Big Bear In OH says

    December 25, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    Got a Mossberg 500 shotgun this morning, so I am as merry as merry could be. Merry Christmas y’all!

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  5. Jason says

    December 25, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Merry Christmas ever-body.

    Reply
  6. Evil Twin's Wife says

    December 25, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Merry Christmas Kay fambly!

    Reply
  7. D in Seattle says

    December 25, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    Merry X-Mas everyone!

    Reply
  8. Chris says

    December 25, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    The wife and kids are a 1/4 continent away.

    Best. Christmas. Ever.

    Reply
  9. David says

    December 25, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Got my Surf Report T Shirt!

    Reply
  10. Tyrosine says

    December 25, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Merry Christmas everyone!

    We don’t open gifts until after Christmas dinner, so I won’t know what I got until about 9 or 10 tonight. It’s torture on the kids, which is why it’s a family tradition. My son did get his stocking this morning, but funny enough Santa only brought quiet toys…

    Family has just strated to arrive, so I gotta start mixing drinks.

    @ Big Bear: Congrats. Mossberg builds some SWEET shotguns.

    Reply
  11. Juancho says

    December 25, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Thanks for being there Jeff Kay, you clever bastard.

    Reply
  12. NDfanInAZ says

    December 25, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Considering the crappy economy, my Christmas was sparse. But hey, I’m alive….so that counts for something 🙂

    Reply
  13. Isaac says

    December 25, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    My rundown from my wife:
    2 tickets (for me and a buddy) to see Norm MacDonald in standup
    First season of Pushing Daisies
    A CD bundle that consisted of: She & Him, The Rentals, Hank III, and Vampire Weekend
    $50 GC to Amazon
    and a book about the history of MMA (UFC and the like) titled TOTAL MMA, that is fantastic if anyone else here is interested in the subject.

    Reply
  14. OnaWho says

    December 25, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    MERRY CHRISTMAS !

    I got an olympus FE-340 digital camera. I cant wait to take pictures of the WVSR fish with it.

    Reply
  15. Wildlifer says

    December 25, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Bluetooth headphones for listening pleasure on the tractor. and set of tires for the truck. Christmas in backwoods…

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  16. ralph says

    December 25, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    i got out of the christmas shopping/gift bull…[how nancyish] by first telling everyone to spend whatever they were planning to spend on me on themselves
    thay way they get what they want besides crappy crap we all get but dont want to even take into our houses
    the die hards that decided that i really wanted something gave anyway
    but i was ready for that
    i bought a bunch of live rabbits
    when someone gave me something i gave bunny, not just any bunny,i told them it was most”popular” bunny in pen.
    results in about 30 days or less
    since then i have not had to shop
    am much happier with a ”merry christmas”
    and knowing that no one went out of way trying to find the perfect gift that i hate and soon regift
    but still buy bunny each christmas for insurance
    the neighbor kid is happy to get them

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  17. jeff_in_niagara says

    December 25, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    Holly Hippodays everbody.

    Best received- both seasons of “Rome”

    Best given- tix to see “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” next month.

    Reply
  18. jim britton says

    December 25, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Happy Christmas!

    I received my WVSR shirts yesterday.

    Thanks!

    Had to work last night.
    it seemed like every bleeping radio station was playing conventional Christmas songs.

    Ugh.

    Having said that, Mark Motherbaugh’s Joyeux Mutato is spinning in the DVD drive as I type.

    Duty now for the Future!

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  19. renn says

    December 25, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Merry Christmas! The big hit here was a telescope for my kid. She is currently outside with her dad, trying to find Mars. They’ve been out there for a while. I hope they remembered to take the lens cap off…

    Reply
  20. kenju says

    December 25, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Merry Christmas to all the Kays!

    Reply
  21. bucdaddy says

    December 25, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    A case of beer! (Well, $25 in an envelope. Same thing.)

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  22. Carla says

    December 25, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Got stuff, gave stuff, am fully x-mased out.
    Hope all of yours was just as exciting.

    C

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  23. Greg says

    December 25, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Got my shirt yesterday! Perfect! Looks better than I thought it would. Got a new garbage disposal. Hey, it’s what I needed. And wine. And vodka. And a pound of parmesan reggiano. I’m happy as a clam.

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  24. Big Bear In OH says

    December 25, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    @ Tyrosine: it’s a sweet shooter, and is my second mossberg in the hunt club. So now I’ve got one for turkey and one for bambi. And my WVSR shirt got rave reviews this morning at the christmas brunch with the fambly. So once again, two thumbs way up for the WVSR Holiday Extravaganza

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  25. Brenda Love says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:06 am

    I got a Slurpee machine! I can make my very own Slurpees right at home now.

    Reply
  26. Shiny Rod says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:13 am

    Jeff, I am happy to report that the “Smoking Fish ” has made it to the Shiny Rod bunker and is awaiting to be proudly displayed in a future Smoking Fish sighting. If you are a dog lover like me, do not go and see Marley and Me. The movie hits harder than “Old Yeller”. I laughed and then I cried and I’m not one for showing emotions but this was a real tear jerker. It was even harder when I read the book. Damn good movie. Oh, and Merry Christmas to all the Surf Reporters.

    Reply
  27. Shiny Rod says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:19 am

    Brenda, now I know I them slurpees got some rum in em… wink wink…

    Damn, just heard Eartha (Cat Woman) Kitt has died. Well lets all give a hearty meow in her memory.

    Reply
  28. Shiny Rod says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:22 am

    @Big Bear & Tyrosine – Sadly, my Mossberg is for people. Gadly, I have not had to use it.

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  29. Adam says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:34 am

    Funny, a mossberg was at the top of my list but I did’t get one! Not much of a surprise, my parents are probably worried I’ll snap one of these days… again. I did get some new stuff to almost finish up the kitchen in my house.

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  30. Great Googly Moogly says

    December 26, 2008 at 4:11 am

    Alas Santa forgot me. I didn’t get any gifts, no Christmas cards either. I did buy myself a Hungry Man turkey TV dinner for Christmas dinner however.

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  31. JCIII says

    December 26, 2008 at 11:09 am

    a belated Merry Christmas Surf Reporters…….

    and I don’t think it’s too early , well , maybe a little, so I could be going out on a limb here………..

    Happy New Year!(?)

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  32. Knucklehead says

    December 26, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Merry Christmas All! Rocco and I spent Christmas Day in airports, and will be reporting from Rome, Italy for the next few days. Then it’s off to Florence before we visit family in Pisa.

    Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

    Happy Friday, Surfers!

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  33. Billy Bob says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    Merry Christmas everybody! Excellent gift Jeff. I to am a Deadwood fan. We refained from watching it on Christmas, being that we didnt want to mix Burl Ives with a smatering of fuck and cocksucker thrown in….

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  34. pagan says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Spent Christmas day aimlessly wandering through post Nuclear Washington thanks to Fallout 3 (Finally there are parking spaces available in D,C,!)

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  35. Debra says

    December 26, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    aww Googly Moogly I hope that was not true? I would have had you at my home in a heartbeat if you don’t mind my eccentricities. My kids came over last night and it was very nice. I made a vegetarian meatloaf and my son & his girl loved it! I got the Metalocalypse season 2 and Mushroomhead DVD, A new DVD player that doesn’t work : (

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  36. Alice in WV says

    December 26, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Great Googly Moogly! Merry Christmas to you! and to everyone else, too.
    Thanks, JK, for all the little presents you leave for us all thru the year.

    Diggin my smokin catfish shirt

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  37. Shiny Rod says

    December 26, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    @pagan – and no lawyers…

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  38. Shiny Rod says

    December 26, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Debra – try making Meatloaf a vegetarian. Now thats a good trick.

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  39. Misselle says

    December 26, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    I got a new shoulder bag for work, a Wii games, some money… but I had to spend the money on new tires for my husbands car.. Sigh. Oh well.

    Reply
  40. Kelly says

    December 26, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    I got some homemade cookies, a smokin’ fish t-shirt and a rockin’ Bob Seger Christmas card.

    @ Shiny Rod I also went to see Marley & me and blubbered like a 5 year old.

    Reply
  41. Kelly says

    December 26, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    p.s. love the shirt Jeff.

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  42. CitizenX says

    December 26, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Merry Christmas WVSRers!

    *sniff*
    Still no shirt ….
    *sniff*

    Reply
  43. Mark says

    December 27, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Hey Jeff, isn’t it about time the “smokin’ fish” had a name ? How about Waldo…

    as far as XMas presents……… I recevied a coupon for a colonoscopy ! 🙁

    Gawd what a F……ing year LOL..
    Merry Christmas to all !!!!!

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  44. dogpile says

    December 27, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Thanks for the shirt Jeff!
    Happy Holidays

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  45. Dave says

    December 27, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    My shirt looks awesome on me! I may stand in front of the mirror all day.

    Thanks!

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  46. pagan says

    December 27, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    I Gotta know! Jason what did you have on your hashbrowns Christmas morning?

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  47. Jason says

    December 27, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Pagan,
    I had three scrambled eggs with cheese, a side of hashbrowns with cheese and mushrooms, a large order of bacon, a side order of sausage (you know they use ‘Jimmy Dean’? Delicious) and orange juice and coffee. I was very pleased this time. Very pleased.

    Jooooy to the world,
    and soooo on and so forth.

    For Christmas I finally got that Asian vagina (fake but realistic) that I’ve been thinking about for months. I’m not going to use it, mind you. I’m going to keep it in the box with the original recipt. I reckon it’ll be a collector’s item one day. They’ll show it on 60 minutes or something. Men all around America will say, “I had one of those when I was a kid. Now there worth $60,000.” But not me. I’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.

    The End. Ha cha cha cha.

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  48. CitizenX says

    December 27, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    @Jason

    I do not believe 41M you will not give it a test drive.
    Had it been me – no resistance
    (but then again I’da been using my brand new dick)

    Kudo to you for nostalgia
    but the resell value of sex toys
    does not make for a good investment.

    Just saying.

    Got mah shirt!!
    Damn! Once again those XL are like drop cloths!
    Sizing is larger than expected future buyers!

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  49. Jason says

    December 27, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    CitizenX,
    I have a whole case of them. Maybe I could try one of them out. I hate to because I’ll ruin my chances at the $60K later on. I’m counting on that money to support me during my golden years.

    Maybe I can open it in such a way that it can be put back in the package so that nobody will ever know that it was opened. I’ll try that. Pre-she-ate ya.

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  50. Dave says

    December 28, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Maybe I can open it in such a way that it can be put back in the package so that nobody will ever know that it was opened.

    Not unless they use it. Then they’ll know.

    Reply
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