# Holiday Memory: The Cowardly Catatonic Christmas Canine of '76 and Points Thereafter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260 "2006-12-22T18:58:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ILovCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@ILovCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILovCoffee)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260/21 "2006-12-23T11:42:32Z")

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{{{appplause}}}  
Although I consider myself a cat person- I grew up with dogs and loved your tale!!  
Thank you! I laughed and woke up Mr. ILovCoffee.

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**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260/22 "2006-12-24T00:24:20Z")

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I was hoping you’d post more today! That was wonderful. Thanks for sharing such a great story.

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260/23 "2006-12-26T04:47:03Z")

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**Zyada** and I just finished the story today. **Sampiro** , your least stories are great but this is one of your best. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-memory-the-cowardly-catatonic-christmas-canine-of-76-and-points-thereafter/385260/24 "2006-12-26T09:04:10Z")

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Bravo! I think If I ever get a male dog, I shall name him Nutless Bob.

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