Merry Christmas (and Friday Funnies...on Thursday!)

I would like to wish everyone who reads the Tiki Bar Online a Merry Christmas. Not just "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" (although I do with you those things, too), but "Merry Christmas" as this is the time of the year we celebrate God's gift to a sinful world: Jesus Christ. Some will argue that Jesus wasn't born in December, but March or April, and that Christians have simply co-opted the Saturnalia pagan ritual. Those things may be true, but that does not diminish the fact that Jesus was God's "only begotten Son" (John 3:16) sent to earth to die for the sins of all mankind. Regardless of the actual date of birth, this is when we choose to celebrate it.

I also would like to point out that although I consider this a holy day and a sacred event, I am not above making fun of some of the music, traditions and other characters that have been brought to life to commemorate this time of year. If you get a chance, check out Bob Rivers on iTunes or Amazon; my favorites are "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire," "I Am Santa Claus" (parody of "Iron Man"), and "White Trash Christmas."

I would also encourage you to smoke a special cigar for Christmas Eve or Christmas. I plan on enjoying the LG Diez 2009 vintage...drop a comment and let me know what you will be smoking (or did smoke, if you see this late) for Christmas.

For the Friday Funnies this week (on Thursday, no less), I present one of my all-time favorite fun Christmas songs: "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by Weird Al Yankovic

Also, this video just came to my attention...apparently the bearded, red-suited dude was captured by CTU and Jack Bauer came to the rescue: