Looking very festive, in a Mad Hatter kind of way, are our RA for the day, Blue Balls, and his squeeze Hoopalong Chastity.

The rabble circle up.  Blue Balls takes decisive control.

The first 12 Stops of Christmas was set by Whoremoan in 1993. The run in 2013 will be the 20th Anniversary.

The RA starts off with the introductions.  There are lots of guests swelling the ranks, and lots of non-regulars (irregulars), so this takes some time.

Whoremoan, SHIT, and Newfie Priest are our hares.  SHIT = Santa's Helper In Training.

SHIT appears to be in deep thought:  May be it because there is a missing arrow.

Newfie Priest tries to get away with describing just his multi-arrow mark, expecting hashers to remember all the regular marks, ...

...but the rabble gets him to follow the tradition of reviewing all the marks, because we have guests [and not all hashers remember].  The rabble then stands on top of the marks while getting their pictures taken.  Click here for a larger image.

Just in case you missed someone in the first Christmas rabble shot.

A block or so away is our first stop.  It's Pat's place (according to the sign), and he made us some Sour Apple Martinis with cranberries in them.  I think the 'official' treat was not Martinis.

The clue to the first stop is SFC.  This caption'er has a few too many Martinis, or beers, to remember what SFC stood for, but we had to guess to get the treat or the Martinis, so we did.  If you read the Write-up this stop 'clue' is not mentioned - now I wonder who had the most Martinis?

Hasher dive into the Martinis .  I noticed afterwards that not many of the cranberries were eaten.  Those were probably to nutritious for hashers.

Prickhairyass, trying to keep her younger hashers in check.  Luke, to the left first came to the hash at the 12 Stops of Christmas in 2007.

Feeling the effects of those drinks at the first stop are Mucksucker, the dignified Sir My Cock A'Fallen, and the delightful Cardinal Sin.

An interesting snap of Hoopalong close behind Double Hump, who is wistfully playing with his bells, well Blue Balls keeps an eye on things.

The hand of the Hare, by Cardinal Sin. The Hare is trying to get the pack to guess what 'GB' stands for.  In the foreground is Stroke Alone, our Webmeister who captions the photos, and far in the background is Deep Shit Hash Flash, who is ...

... taking this photo of the Hare.

A be-stickered, be-belled, and b-bowed couple came alone for the fun, but this captioner can't remeber who they are, but I think they enjoyed it all.

Two Sips One Cup and a Christmasy dog.

A Jets supporter (with a collector's hat), and a teacher, Carmen, works at the school I (Stroke) proudly graduated from.  To the left and behind him is Bob, the head guy at View Royal Elementary.  Good company!  To be complete; to right are Pink Muffy (in yellow), then Knob Goblin, and our Hare Raiser Hoopalong Chastity.

Whoremoan trying explains how the clue matches the treat.  Hashers not looking too convinced.

The Hares prepare to pour a sweet alcoholic treat.

Here's Mom!  Daryl shares the same smile as her daughter Prickhairyass.

Newfie Priest also shares the same smile as Prickhairyass' mom.  Hmmm, this is Gordon Head after all.

Digger with Just Ellis (Prickhairyass' Dad)

A sleepy stone cherub.

Talking about sleepy and stoned ... this is another good portrait of Blue Balls and the lovely Hoopalong Chastity. [Both brought up on Salt Spring Island]

Woof!

More Woofs: It's Jonners and his trust dog Royal Canadian Mounted Pooch (RCMP).

Phillip's Root Beer Schnapps: For a Root Beer Float - Hashers style: Throw in a blender, 1/2 cup vanilla vodka,1/2 cup root beer Schnapps, 1/4 cup Licor 43/Cuarenta Tres (optional), 2 cups vanilla ice cream, ice cubes (2 trays).

Hoops likes it sweet.  I kid you not that's a singing Rudolph hat.

After the root beer, hashers find the Gordon Head coast line, and don't fall off.

Mucksucker and Just Joyce enjoying the view.

An impression of a sea gull, perhaps a result of the last treat.

Jackson (SHIT's friend).  Possible future recruite.

Jackson was surprised to see us.

Another alcoholic treat brings out the sweeter side ... or something else.

At one of our stops Whoremoan and Newfie Priest introduce us to kind hosts, Karin and Dr. Peter.  No one keeled over from the run, but at least we potential had medical expertise nearby!

The sun has set by the time we get to the next stop.

Waiting for the teat: This stop appears to have the rabble wondering if Hares got lost in the dark.

Here comes Santa Clause.  I guess in today's economics the reindeer need to be fed all year round, whereas the helicopter doesn't.

Finally we're at the almost annual Hershy's Kisses stop, where to get the treat you have to kiss Whoremoan.  Yes even the guys.  This is something that Hoops and Blue Balls can get into (I think Blue is just following the leader, or tether ).

Whoremoan's gets and gives more kisses.

Before we move onto the BC, Newfie Priest gets a kiss.

At the BC Knob Goblin strikes a dignified pose while enjoying some of the VH3 brew.

Hoopsalong Chastity tell Digger not to poke her hat, which makes it dance and sing.  She was happy not being poked anymore.  BTW Blue Balls didn't get his name this way.

Prickhairyass'ly with Newfie Priest.

Two Sips One Cup, and friends getting into the spirits - or at least the ciders/beer - of things.

The flash causes Double Hump, Jonners and Lakey to be lit up like a Christmas Tree.

The Hares, SHIT, Whoremoan and Newfie Priest are first to get charged. I think Whoremoan stole some of SHIT's beer.

Next, the virgins drink.  There were so many virgins that we couldn't get them all in one photo.  Here is Libby and Steve getting a down-down (Whoremoan's neighbors)..

Our BLAB and Backslider decided to wait until religion to show up.

The RA must be doing a good job because the rabble seems to be enjoying themselves.

Just Steve (Whoremoan's neighbor) got charged for his communist shirt.  It reads "Hasta La Victoria Siempre, Building the Thunderbird Revolution

Just Joyce is named Some Bitchy C*#% for her (wrong) guess of what stop #7, SBC, stood for.

SBC doesn't seem as happy now that she is (de)floured.

Little Blow Peep enjoyed her charge ...

... but not as much as Newfie Priest, who was the designated drinker for Just Peter.

Double Hump chose to settle in next to two pretty ladies, SBC and Cardinal Sin, for the Gift Exchange.

This young guy is lucky enough to get some red BEER socks, unfortunately they are probably too big for him.  Soon enough some older nasty hasher ended up stealing them from him in the next few rounds of the gift exchange.

Sir My Cocks A Fallen might enjoy the sexy wrapping paper more than the gift.

Pink Muffy must have been attracted to the pink wrapping paper.  She must have good instincts, because she is not showing off her gift to the public or the camera.

Some of the wonderful gifts that were given and received during the gift exchange.

SBC is trying out the long lost sleeve for the first time.  The sleeve has been lost for so long that we had to explain to some of the newer hashers how it worked.

The hashers are revelling in their riches or not-so-riches after a long and exciting gift exchange.

Stoolie is pleased with what he managed to snag from an unsuspecting victim, or just full of alcohol.