Whew -- we dodged a bullet there. If you were a little sad hearing about a potentially Christmas Crunchless Christmas, I just got an e-mail from "Kate," a reader -- Christmas Crunch is back! Her words:

"...prior to this announcement, he was also sad that Christmas Crunch seemed to be gone.... and though I myself was never too formally acquainted with the cereal, it was a tradition that he'd looked forward to year after year.  I think it's brand stinking new, which might explain why it's not in most areas/stores yet.  But out in Oregon, apparently the furthest you need to go to find a new box of the stuff is to the local Safeway.  I've seen it with my own eyes!  I had my friend take a picture of the box. My best guess is it's just too new to be widespread as of now, but I'm sure if it's out here, it'll be everywhere soon enough."

Big Thanks to Kate for sending in the pic. Strange that they've waited this long to get it on the shelves. I'll be keeping an eye out. The "holiday shapes" kinda make it a slightly different entity than the original version I wrote about, but it's close enough. When/if I find a new box, I'll update the article with s'more pics.