"Jolly Old St. Nick" December 23, 2022

[M and M]

Fun and clever. Ashore

[EVJ]

AT SEA. Got the grid. Sitting on my favorite stool
at Isaac’s bar. Looks like they are starting to trickle in.

[linsocalm]

Not a lay up, but taking a leap and a swim then dancing to shore. Calling it!

[TeaJenny]

Ashore!

[Scott M]

Not seeing a thing. And with holiday travel tomorrow, unlikely I'll get off my bar stool. Bah! Humbug!

[Shirley]

Ashore! Beautiful!

[michaelm]

On shore as the days start getting longer.
Hard to tell today though around Philadelphia.
Happy Holidays everyone and hope Jolly Old St Nick brings someone on the board a special mug this week.
Can’t wait to try the Moderator Madness.

[Joe]

I made that a lot harder than I needed to! On shore.

[lacangah]

Ashore - all the best to everyone traveling through inclement weather, as well as those to whom the weather is being sent - take care!

[Ergcat]

On the ship with Isaac. Even with help from 2 of my kids (including DD Regfish7) not seeing anything! Eggnog, please, Isaac…with extra brandy! Grandchildren just arrived so may not be able to spend much time on the meta going forward…
Merry Christmas all, and to all, a Goodnight

[Kas]

On shore!!! Woohooo!!

[31 Down]

Solved. This one was jolly good fun!

Peace

[DBMiller]

Hopped on a tender and made it to the beach. Didn't see it when I first finished the grid, nor after I got home from dinner. Looked again an hour later and still no hope. A final look before heading to bed led me to what has to be the right rabbit hole.

Count me done and done.

[MikeM000]

On shore! A smidge or two harder than I was expecting for a Christmas puzzle (no "gift" here) but it's a no-doubter. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, everyone!

[Ergcat]

🏝On Shore 🏝

Woke up, looked at the grid again, and had an idea… it worked! Now I can make Merry with the grandkids!

[Al Sisti]

On shore, after a successful "Hey, I wonder if..." approach. Merry Christmas all!

[Inca]

I'd like to thank all of the creative constructors who joined me in this "Monumental" effort: @Al Sisti, @AnswerPfinder, @benchen71, @BirdLives, @cbarbee002, @DrTom, @MarkWoychick, @MikeyG, @Schmeel, @Wendy Walker, and @whimsy. Henceforth, you can call us the "QWERTY Dozen".

Good luck, and Happy Holidays!
Cap'n Rick

Thank you for all your hard work and thank you to all who help make this site what it is.

BTW, QWERTY Dozen -- Great name!

[regfish7]

Ashore! After dancing around pieces of the mechanism last night, ergcat had a stroke of inspiration this morning! Bring on the spiked eggnog or maybe some hot chocolate and Bailey’s. Merry Christmas all!

[pjc]

Still milling about on the boat. Not even a great rabbit hole so far...

EDIT: I can't make another new post too soon after THIS one apparently, so...

No longer on the ship - made it to shore with Jolly Old St Nick!

Happy holidays to all and I'll see you for the last puzzle of the year!

[ship4u]

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