# It's a LONE holiday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032 "2023-12-23T06:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/1 "2023-12-23T06:10:17Z")
My Asian wife bought some cute little Xmas trees , each atop a wrapped present. On each box is a single letter. She has been decorating the living room and asked me, “What does L,O, N, E mean?” ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/2 "2023-12-23T06:16:10Z")
Oh. That’s so cute. How did accept the explanation? ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/3 "2023-12-23T07:35:57Z")
“Oh, OK. I don’t know French.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/4 "2023-12-23T13:27:59Z")
I believe those gifts are for Leon. mmm ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/5 "2023-12-23T13:38:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I believe those gifts are for Leon. Elon’s got enough stuff, I think. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/6 "2023-12-23T13:39:54Z")
Noel. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/7 "2023-12-23T15:26:06Z")
Every xmas my gf decorates. I always switch the little blocks around so they spell LEON instead of NOEL. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/8 "2023-12-23T15:55:40Z")
Those gifts are only on loan and must be returned after New Years. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/9 "2023-12-23T15:57:18Z")
When I was a child, the library had a book which I vaguely remember the title–I think it was something like “The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel).” It’s been decades since I read this book so I don’t remember what happened to Leon/Noel, but it was probably the first mystery that I ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/10 "2023-12-23T16:23:16Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Noel No, there was one. Also an N, an O, and an E. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/11 "2023-12-23T16:51:09Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > When I was a child, the library had a book which I vaguely remember the title–I think it was something like “The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel).” It’s been decades since I read this book so I don’t remember what happened to Leon/Noel, but it was probably the first mystery that I ever read. I thought of the same book. It was one of my favorites as a child. It was written by Ellen Raskin, who also wrote the better known “The Westing Game” often mentioned on the SDMB. [The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)](https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Disappearance-Leon-Mean-Noel/dp/0142417009/ref=sr_1_1?crid=117T5CR8862KY&keywords=the+mysterious+disappearance+of+leon+i+mean+noel&qid=1703350016&sprefix=The+mYSTERIOUS+DISAPPEARANCE+%2Caps%2C2560&sr=8-1) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/12 "2023-12-24T17:55:48Z")
I guess NOEL didn’t make the cut. They now read ELON. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-lone-holiday/995032/13 "2023-12-24T20:20:14Z")
Are you sure the gifts aren’t for Jay Leno?