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12/24/2007: Christmas Eve, 2007.

I have to get 20 hours worth of stuff done by 7 PM, so this will be quick: Merry Christmas! #24 is up! I hate stuffing mushrooms! The final AC entry may be a bit late, but since those are usually short epilogues, we’ll be okay.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas Eve, Day, Day After and Day After The Day After. Talk about your holiday adventures in the comments, from gifts to guests to food to reindeer.

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Ghosted by darth pez @ 12/24/2007 5:33 PM EST

Well, looks like I have the good fortune of being first on the current thread. Just relaxing here going through e-mails and sending out Christmas greetings. So, I hope everyone have a safe and Merry Christmas EVe and Day, a blessed day after, or if you’re from Canada, a Happy Boxing Day, and a blessed New Year. I’ll be on and off because I’m home and I’m not planning on going anywhere for the season! Merry Christmas Matt and Merry Christmas all you fellow X-entertainment readers!

Ghosted by BJ @ 12/24/2007 5:34 PM EST

Yes, I finally made it to first. Also, Merry Christmas to everybody.

Ghosted by Darth Pez @ 12/24/2007 5:34 PM EST

Darn it, if I haven’t gone preaching like that, I would have made first. Oh well, second and third are still pretty high. Of course, now it’s probably fourth or fifth or LATER!

Ghosted by BJ @ 12/24/2007 5:35 PM EST

Well that was a nice way to conclude this year’s saga. It’s good that Knacks finally gets what looks to be a keeper. And hey, you can’t go wrong with pink unicorn friends. Good job this year, Matt. Felices Fiestas.

Ghosted by Frostor @ 12/24/2007 5:36 PM EST

Looks like Darth and I are fighting for top billing!

Ghosted by BJ @ 12/24/2007 5:36 PM EST

Okay, see, you know how I’ve been an anti-Christmas waveform this year? Well I had my Dad wrap all my presents and I don’t remember what I bought everyone or what order to give them out in.

Yeah. This could be a problem. Oh, and I have to go buy cards, like right now. Bugger!

Ghosted by Knegative @ 12/24/2007 5:37 PM EST

God bless us, everyone!

Ghosted by Darth Poop @ 12/24/2007 5:38 PM EST

Merry Christmas, Matt and to all!

And holy beans at your ChiaPet. That thing needs a hair cut or a hedge trim or something.

I won’t be getting a loot for Christmas this year. Considering I got a brand new MacBook, I think I’m set. Although my Aunt & Uncle DID get me Seasons 4 & 5 of TMNT.

And my Christmas gift to all of you: http://www.televisiontunes.com (If you didn’t already know about it, that is. I just discovered it.)

Merry Christmas

Ghosted by Brian @ 12/24/2007 5:39 PM EST

Kneg, someday, I’m going to take you into a Hallmark store and chain you to the front desk just to see how long it takes before you descend into madness.

I have a similar problem: With five or six of the gifts we wrapped, I couldn’t remember which kids got what, and now I can’t remember what’s under the wrapping paper.

Ghosted by Matt @ 12/24/2007 5:40 PM EST

OUTSTANDING work, Matt!

As for adventures, my father is visiting us (we didn’t want him to be alone this close to my mother’s funeral). Aside from that, we’re not doing much Christmas stuff.

(Getting ready to give my father his gift though… A new computer!)

Ghosted by Cuddles @ 12/24/2007 5:42 PM EST

That was a really nice ending. I’m glad Cher and Hssxxlllo decided to stay.

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas Eve. Right now I’m just relaxing and listening to Mannheim Steamroller’s American Christmas on the radio. It’s a lot more sentimental than you’d expect from, well, Mannheim Steamroller.

I still have some gifts to wrap, and of course I saved the most awkward, massive, difficult ones for last, so I have no idea how to wrap them. I’ll probably just end up shoving them in bags.

Having international friends is annoying on Christmas Eve. In just a few hours, my Australian pals are gonna be hopping online to brag about all the loot they just unwrapped while I’m sitting here counting the hours and watching Santa fly over Nova Scotia or something XD

Ghosted by jazzy @ 12/24/2007 5:43 PM EST

Yay! I love these Advent Stories! I’m not even kidding when I say its my own personal Christmas Tradition to sit around and read them now. So thank you Matt, Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without them!

Ghosted by Kyle @ 12/24/2007 5:47 PM EST

My sister and brother-in-law are supposed to be coming in from Omaha, but due to the weather here in Chicago, who knows when they’ll be in. I’m relaxing as well, listening to ALL of the Chipmunks Christmas album and not just “The Chipmunk” song. Gotta hop in the shower soon but may have a problem since it seems we ran out of hot water. I was washing our dogs in the basement and my brother was washing the dishes in the kitchen and we both ran out of hot water at the same time. Oh well, I don’t really need a shower, just a shave for now!

Ghosted by BJ @ 12/24/2007 5:47 PM EST

That was a good ending! Wrapped everything up nicely.

So is Hssxlo or whatever doing the Santa duties? While reading it I thought Waiterbot was going to leave Santa’s body and let 03 Santa (I think) do the rounds…but that Santa’s sort of a depressed little dude…

Anyways, I hope everyone has a great Christmas! I’ll be going to church in two hours and then watching A Christmas Story til midnight or something…

Ghosted by CrayfishV2 @ 12/24/2007 6:01 PM EST

Merry Christmas! Today my dad, my brother, and I hit up Dave and Busters. I wrecked some House of the Dead 4 and Lost World. Now it’s time to kick back with bourbon and cherry coke until the relatives show up, then presents and pizza, then I’m gonna play Puzzle Quest DS and watch Bad Santa tonight. Sure beats being in school.

Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 12/24/2007 6:13 PM EST

Fantastic work. These advent calendars are the true Reason For The Season.

Ghosted by Daniel J. @ 12/24/2007 6:20 PM EST

Holy great mother of Chia that thing is outta control!!!

Great almost finale Matt!!! Best year ever, but don’t sweat topping it next year. Just keep it honest and enjoy doing it. We’ll all show up to cheer you on.

Here’s hoping 2005 Santa comes back all tan from Tahiti to do the job!!

Merry Xmasses to all and to all a good night!!

Ghosted by Fungusmungus @ 12/24/2007 6:30 PM EST

Merry Christmas to all X-E bloggers, webmasters and pretend plastic people.

You know what’s odd? I tried to get some other people into the Advent Calendar this year, but only got indifference. I thought the appeal of this sort of thing was universal. And these weren’t old people who wouldn’t “get it”–they were folks my age.

Ghosted by Mars @ 12/24/2007 6:33 PM EST

And a Merry Freakin’ New Year too!

Ghosted by Cigar @ 12/24/2007 6:52 PM EST

Whew. Okay, four tins full of stuffed mushrooms are now in the oven. I wonder if my family would mind if I don’t shower before going to the party.

Ghosted by Matt @ 12/24/2007 6:54 PM EST

Matt, you could set a party theme at the last minute “Blood, Sweat and Tears”, ask them to guess which you came as…

Ghosted by Guise @ 12/24/2007 6:56 PM EST

Well, since we’re spending the better part of tomorrow apart, my man and I decided to open presents today.

He got me a really cute jacket, a broiling/roasting set (I can cook steak now! YES), and a cute plushie.

I got him Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Contact for his DS. He’s busy playing Phoenix Wright right now. XD

Ghosted by Annette @ 12/24/2007 6:58 PM EST

Merry Christmas to all !! I hope everyone is having a nice Christmas Eve. =) I’m gonna help my momma and brother with the cooking, and kick back and relax with some Christmas music. And of course watch A Christmas Story.

Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 12/24/2007 7:02 PM EST

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without my fellow X-Ers.

Ghosted by Jeff Mack @ 12/24/2007 7:06 PM EST

Here we is, and I am about to do my own last-minute run-around. Merry What-its-face, and Happy Thingamajig to one and all! Give your loved ones hugs, eat however you want, enjoy what you give, and please think of the bunnies!

See you Wednesday, posters!

Ghosted by kingklash the holly-infested @ 12/24/2007 7:07 PM EST

After spending most of the day working on a giant papier mache wizard Mickey Mouse for this year’s Christmas theme (we have a different theme every year on my mom’s side), it’s nice to kick back and read the advent for a couple minutes while skipping church. Later I’m going to spend Xmas eve with the Italian relatives, luckily they don’t do they fish thing. The AC has been especially nice this year because all the tapes with my favorite Christmas specials are missing or broken. I loved the defeat of Hare (yay Leviathan) but I still miss Garfield.

And there’s snow for the first time in several years.

Merry Christmas, and Happy Yule to the normal, non-Amalthean neo-pagans.

Ghosted by hobbitsubculture @ 12/24/2007 7:09 PM EST

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!! Great job Matt. I actually liked today’s entry better than yesterdays. So now that you’re all burnt out from so much advent goodness I’m going to be the first dick to say: when do we get a new article? Lol. Whenever you’re ready my friend, we will be here.

Ghosted by Kris @ 12/24/2007 7:14 PM EST

I have the whole week off for vacation! WOO HOO! Merry Christmas everybody!

Ghosted by Timbo @ 12/24/2007 7:14 PM EST

Like I said in the last thread, I am going to give my best friend his presents and I’m going to put on a nice sweater he got me for Valentine’s Day that I haven’t worn ever since trying it on in the store (it still has it’s tags on it actually, it’s not that I hate it, when we go out to an appropriate place to wear it, I forget to put it on) And then we are going out to eat hopefully we can go someplace we want to go and not a last choice. I am wanting something like steak, fries and a salad but we’ll see.

Oh yeah and Brian I bookmarked that site thanks, and I try to have joox.net be a contribution to this site all the time. I have found some great movies on there, worthy of downloading and burning to dvds.

See you guys later.

Ghosted by Goob @ 12/24/2007 7:23 PM EST

James Lipton saves the day! A remarkaboulous ending!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Ghosted by Arkenor @ 12/24/2007 7:26 PM EST

It’s 11.30pm now, NORAD is reporting Santa in Mali so I know time is short. The Fat Man and I haven’t really seen eye-to-eye on my presents in the last few years, and this year I’ve been careful to counter-balance my naughty with nice to create a +1 credit. I will get my giant war peace-keeping robot mecha this year.

I have to wait for my brother to start snoring in the next room, so I know that I can creep out and fill the ‘blinking lights’ stockings with the stuffers and named bears I bought for everyone visiting.

Tomorrow morning, Yogi’s First Christmas and animated Grinch, and the annual wrapping paper snowball fight.

So, to Matt and all of you (with a huge nod and wink to the excellent Advent-urers), Merry Christmas to you, your families and friends and may you all have a very wonderful time.

Ghosted by Guise @ 12/24/2007 7:38 PM EST

Merry Christmas to all. And Matt, thank you for another wonderful holiday season on X-E, I believe I speak for everyone when I say that we appreciate all your hard work. This site has become a staple of my holiday season. Thanks again!

Ghosted by Cap'n Ducky @ 12/24/2007 7:52 PM EST

I don’t think it would take very long, Matt.

Here is a the ongoing saga, as I sit here on the net, until dawn, doing nothing but complaining about it:

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=49030

Ghosted by Knegative @ 12/24/2007 7:54 PM EST

My mom just handed me a check for $100… which is a great gift but it always makes me nervous when she gives me money on Christmas Eve, since it often means she got too lazy to finish shopping and there won’t be much to open tomorrow :/

Oh well. If that is the case, at least I can buy things I really want instead of cat figurines from the dollar store or something. And with my current uncertainty about work, money is always nice.

Ghosted by jazzy @ 12/24/2007 7:56 PM EST

Aw, good for Knacks! Little dude deserved a happy ending.

Ghosted by BlakeMP @ 12/24/2007 7:59 PM EST

Merry christmas to all. seriously, james lipton = awesome. i love that he is still making bear references and that he pointed out his own bear reference.

Ghosted by Leigha @ 12/24/2007 8:24 PM EST

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
Me, I had to work today. Roads were dangerous. Whenever I tried to go over 15 mph my traction control would kick on. Someone brought in a bottle of baileys and some of us went out for a nice, long wine/beer-tastic lunch so didn’t have to work much longer before we were allowed to leave at 3pm. Tonight I’m sitting by the fire watching TCM – 1938 Christmas Carol followed by the Bishop’s Wife. Does anyone else like the Bishop’s Wife movie? It reminds me of It’s a Wonderful Life but less sad and more comedy. After we put the kids to bed we’re going to make some Glog. We have some Glog mix we picked up at Ikea last year and some dark rum. I’m guessing it’ll taste like Rum punch or perhaps a more spicy version of the Grog I had a long time ago in Prague.
No big plans for tomorrow. Have a few little gifts & new pajamas for the kiddies to open and if the weather holds might try to take them to a sledding hill a few blocks away. Followed by Hot Cocoa of course!

Ghosted by Paula @ 12/24/2007 8:25 PM EST

Not doing anything interesting for Christmas, just eating food and hanging out with the family, which is just fine with me! So I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to Matt and all the other commenters! Feliz Navidad, Joyeax Noel or however you spell that, Mele Kalikimaka!

Ghosted by Bluejay @ 12/24/2007 8:28 PM EST

Oh and Matt – love the James Lipton + Bear combination. It’s so perfect that I’m almost convinced that the real James Lipton really does practice Bear roars when he’s alone! I was watching his interview with John Cusack the other day and I kept waiting for Lipton to ask John if he wanted to see his Bear impression. Also makes me think of Stephen Colbert’s dislike of Bears. If you should ever do a video of Lipton + Bear Roar combination, you should send it to the Colbert Report!

Ghosted by Paula @ 12/24/2007 8:35 PM EST

Nice denouement, Matt! And here’s an early Christmas present for the blog, courtesy of scans_daily:

Superman and Santa Claus team up to save Christmas!

Ghosted by TB Tabby @ 12/24/2007 8:40 PM EST

Cusack….wait a minute….I STILL NEED TO SEE 1408 BEFORE I WRITE MY 2007 BEST OF!!

ZOMG (That’s 4 Mystie )

Ghosted by Knegative @ 12/24/2007 8:42 PM EST

Woah, Prince is a giant fluffy rabbit?

Weird.

Ghosted by FangsFirst @ 12/24/2007 8:58 PM EST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Ghosted by Spiffy @ 12/24/2007 9:21 PM EST

I love that doctor survived. He’s the Wedge Antilles of the Advent Calender.

“I am Doctor. I survived the Battle of Clair Winningham. I survived the Battle of Evil Santa. Hellâ€¦ Just a couple of weeks ago I watched a giant rabbit god abduct one of my roommates evil twins. The reason I’m still breathing when a lot of other good Lego Guys aren’t? Maybe it’s because I’m better. Or maybe I’m just lucky.”

Ghosted by Keyguard Active @ 12/24/2007 9:32 PM EST

Much love for the ZOMG, Kneggy.

Ghosted by Mystie @ 12/24/2007 9:36 PM EST

I do so love a happy ending. Amazing job, Matt Good luck with the hosting duties tomorrow!
Happy everything, everybody! People have been so eloquent already about what X-E means this time of year (and I don’t just mean the Advent but all the awesome posters) that I can’t really add anything else. Love you guys!
I got a lol out of that, Kneg. Maybe because I just had a similar moment, but with Sweeney Todd…drop a link when you’re done, yeah?

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 12/24/2007 9:38 PM EST

If we’re lucky, Santa will be bringing me a Photog!

That guy is/would of been completely awesome.

Ghosted by CrayfishV2 @ 12/24/2007 9:51 PM EST

Merry Xmas to you!!

Current peruvian time: 9:00 pm, still waiting

Ghosted by yelinna @ 12/24/2007 9:53 PM EST

Hssxxlllo stays! Woohoo! Another awesome Advent Calendar. But now I have to wait another year to see what they’ll do without a Santa Claus.

Also, question: How are we supposed to pronounce Hssxxlllo? I’ve been saying “Hiss-ix-loh” but that’s probably wrong.

Ghosted by Cass @ 12/24/2007 9:55 PM EST

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