After living together for eight-some years, last night MrsBlue and I broke an annual tradition of talking about getting a Christmas Tree and decorating it, by actually getting a tree and decorating it (we're pretty non-denominational around here, but religion aside, we're both into the festive side of this). We could have gotten one cheaper by waiting until after the holidays, but waiting until a week before Christmas, we still managed to get a bargain on a tree, and so with A Charlie Brown Christmas appropriately playing in the background we had our little soiree.

Play Time:	Slashdot Story Generator. Thanks Ben Lowry.
Link of the Day:	Ghost Of Christmas Future Taunts Children With Visions Of PlayStation 5. Thanks smikwily.
Stories of the Day:	National Film Registry to preserve 'Spinal Tap'. Thanks anon@127.0.0.1. The gift of virus. Thanks Mike Martinez. FTC Writes New Rules for Telemarketers. Thanks Shafty.
Media of the Day:	Terminator 3 Trailer (QuickTime required). Thanks DOOManiac. I keep meaning to post this.
Auction of the Day:	Full Scale Medieval Catapult. Thanks WallytheWalrus.