game will start out pretty normally, not much to it at the beginning. Maybe an extra shove here or there, maybe a sideways glance that does not bode well, but not much more. It is a hockey game like any other.

But, alas, it is the middle of yule. A time of good cheer, of friendship, family, peace, and brotherhood. It is a time when we set our problems aside and enjoy the company of each other. It is that time of year everywhere but at the arena.

Beware the suspicious game in December. There is something strange in the air this month. The pheromone, the odor, the general feeling in the December air: All those make people crazy. They make people actually fight over Cabbage Patch Kids, run over their mothers for Tickle Me Elmo, and disembowel their co-workers for a shot at a new Harry Potter. December is crazy, nuts, wacko — stupid.

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