Advent Calendar Day 5

Today's Advent Calendar offering is a vintage cartoon, complete with an Irish tenor and the most child-unsafe toys ever devised by elves.

I love the fact that frugal Santa's pack has giant patches on it. Can the elves not make him a new sack while they're coming up with ways to dispatch tiny tots? Speaking of which, there are a LOT of children in that family. Holy moly!

While this video is not a demonstration of effective time management on Santa's part, it is awfully charming. :-)







Today I'm giving away a copy of Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction  Before Stonewall , It's not being released until after Christmas, but it makes a nice gift with which to start the new year.

I'll choose one random commenter who shares a favorite holiday memory in the comment section below. Whether you realize it or not, your comments are actually a big part of what makes this blog and the Advent Calendar so successful. It's that interaction of you sharing your thoughts and memories with everyone else. I love reading the comments.





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Update!

Our five winners of a print copy of THE CURSE OF THE BLUE SCARAB are as follows:

Debby of the Pisco Sour
Neil Atkinson of the several drinks (love that White Lady!)
Verena with her flavored teas
Nancy Andrews
Merrick with the gingery champagne cocktail

Winners, please send me the mailing address and how you want your book signed.

Thank you to everyone else. Those recipes (and your funny little comments) were wonderful -- though I am SHOCKED at how many of you are allergic to cocktails. Whaaaa--?!