# Beware, bad, bad, bad Beck is thinking holiday thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015 "2021-11-27T05:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/21 "2021-12-05T15:37:52Z")
You want a wired 'possum tearing around the homestead? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/22 "2021-12-05T15:44:35Z")
Why should the possum be any different than the rest of that 3-ring circus? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/23 "2021-12-06T02:11:11Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > If it were up to me, I wouldn’t give poor Clarence Lucky Charms. Those bits of colored “marshmallow” are deadly for to any living creature. They contain pork, you know. Yes, Lucky Charms contain pork. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/24 "2021-12-06T02:17:07Z")
Now that’s info I can use. Thx 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/25 "2021-12-06T02:49:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Yes, Lucky Charms contain pork. All My Lucky Charms have involved pork. Just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/26 "2021-12-06T03:28:21Z")
I love the smell of Frootloops, Applejacks and LuckyCharms, Sadly, that’s as close as I’ll ever get to eating them. Pork or no. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/27 "2021-12-06T03:29:33Z")
I used to absolutely love Apple Jacks. Haven’t had them in 16 years, since I was diagnosed with diabetes. They’re up there with donuts, Pop-Tarts, and orange juice, on the list of things that I miss the most. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/28 "2021-12-06T03:32:25Z")
Yep. Diabetes is a cruel mistress. I’m luckier as I’ve never eaten them. But, Pop-tarts I used to get occasionally. Alas, no more. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/29 "2021-12-06T04:12:26Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Those bits of colored “marshmallow” are deadly for to any living creature. 🤮 Whaaaat? Kid me would have told you they were the only part that WAS edible. If I’d known back then that we’d be able to buy the marshmallows separately someday, I’d have been in seventh heaven. Adult me definitely agrees with you, though. Do they still make some version of Sugar Puffs? I know they got renamed, but I haven’t seen any version of them in decades. I also enjoyed their near-doppelganger, Puffa Puffa Rice, but I don’t think it was around that long. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/30 "2021-12-06T04:19:43Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Do they still make some version of Sugar Puffs? I know they got renamed, but I haven’t seen any version of them in decades. I also enjoyed their near-doppelganger, Puffa Puffa Rice, but I don’t think it was around that long. Kellogg’s version, which was originally called Sugar Smacks, is now Honey Smacks; Post’s version, which was Super Sugar Crisp, is now Golden Crisp. (I loved Puffa Puffa Rice as a kid, too!) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/31 "2021-12-06T05:08:23Z")
Sugar Smacks! That was it! Thank you! And I’m so glad you liked Puffa Puffa Rice, too. None of my siblings (all older) remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/32 "2021-12-07T02:02:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why must we do these things? as others have said, **TRADITION!** (now I have Fiddler on the Roof going through my head!) > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Do all pet parents buy nice gifts for the pets? ( Clarence is proving to be a conundrum to buy for) We get a couple of toys and special food. Our stupid dog chews up EVERYTHING. Put a matt in the kitchen, she’ll chew it up. Put a bed in the kitchen, it’s gone within a week. We bought a bed for her this year, and it’s staying in the living room so far. When we let her in there, she doesn’t leave it. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I had a theory that you could never go wrong buying books for people. I found out the hard way it wasn’t a perfect gift, at all Unfortunately, not everyone reads. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I used to get the kids Christmas outfits to wear. My girls don’t do that. It’s matching pajamas, now, I’ve heard Never bought into the “matching outfits” bit. Ever. For anyone. Matching pajamas sounds fun, though. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Is your kids stockings more candy, less toys? My wife buys electric toothbrushes every year. Stockings are mostly candy. OK, Santa story here. The guy who plays Santa for our KofC council is FANTASTIC! He always pulls all the kids around him and talks to them. One year, he told all the kids "Before you open any presents, go up to your parents room and give them a big hug and say “I love you”. My son raises his hand and says “Can you leave me a note to remind me?”, so we had to write out a note and put it in his stocking that year. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Do most people try and match the wrapping paper under their tree. I’m kinda anal about that. We usually use a different paper for each kid. My wife is very anal about having the EXACT SAME number of gifts for each kid. Now that they’re older, not so much. This reminds me of another story, and I think I’ll move it to a new thread about “Unique Holiday Traditions in your house”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/33 "2021-12-07T02:26:22Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > This reminds me of another story, and I think I’ll move it to a new thread about “Unique Holiday Traditions in your house”. > [@Unique Family Holiday traditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-family-holiday-traditions/955605/1): > > So, what other unique traditions do you have? Stories, please! … story here about Christmas tree… ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/34 "2021-12-07T03:04:03Z")
I mastered the art of gift-giving long ago. Kids are particularly hard to buy for. They are way too fickle in their tastes. You constantly run the risk of buying them gifts that they simply don’t want, or wanted at one time, but no longer want. I’ve got two daughters. If I buy them gifts that I think they want, but they don’t, that’s money down the drain. Here’s my solution: I buy them gifts that I want. That way, if they don’t want them, I will put them to good use. Genius! For example, a few years ago, on Christmas day: Tibby: H_ere you go, kiddo, here’s your gift from papa._ [hands a nicely wrapped gift to daughter #2] Tibberino: [opens gift] … _What th…Dad, this is a box of cigars!_ Tibby: _Au contraire, fruit of my loins, that’s not just a box of cigars. That’s a box of Cuban Cohiba Behike cigars, arguably the finest cigars in the world!_ Tibberino: _I’m 10 years old. I don’t smoke cigars!_ Tibby: [hurt look on face] _Well…fine, if you’re going to be an ingrate, just hand that box over to me. I’ll find some poor waif who’ll appreciate them!_ Gift-giving is only as hard as you make it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015/35 "2021-12-07T14:20:25Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Tibby: H _ere you go, kiddo, here’s your gift from papa._ [hands a nicely wrapped gift to daughter #2] > > Tibberino: [opens gift] … _What th…Dad, this is a box of cigars!_ > > Tibby: _Au contraire, fruit of my loins, that’s not just a box of cigars. That’s a box of Cuban Cohiba Behike cigars, arguably the finest cigars in the world!_ > > Tibberino: _I’m 10 years old. I don’t smoke cigars!_ > > Tibby: [hurt look on face] _Well…fine, if you’re going to be an ingrate, just hand that box over to me. I’ll find some poor waif who’ll appreciate them!_ > > Gift-giving is only as hard as you make it. Bravo. I figured out a number of years ago that if I give my wife two tickets to a musical, I get a present, too! My wife is a big Nathan Lane fan. A number of years ago, I saw an article in May about the upcoming pre-Broadway version of The Addams Family musical in Chicago staring Nathan Lane. Pinned that thing to my cubical walls until the tickets were finally available. For Christmas, I bought her the DVD of the Addams Family movie; included the tickets, and wrapped it in the newspaper, with the plan of saying something like “there’s something about the wrapping that’s important.” Finished wrapping, and I noticed Dear Abby was on the other side with the big headline about husband having an affair with someone in the church choir. Being in the church choir, I didn’t think it would be a good idea to tell her to look at the wrapping paper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-thinking-holiday-thoughts/955015.md?page=1)