Welcome to the final day o' booty! Even though the strange music has piped down, there is still a gentle ambience in the air that promotes a certain feeling of good will. Also eggnog. A lot of eggnog. At 2:30 in the afternoon precisely, the shards will flash one final time and in their fading will be left about 34 gallons of eggnog in one hefty drum, that looks a little like this -- only snazzed up in red and green, and silvery little bells will appear on the deck of your ship. There's even a place for a spigot attachment!

So drink up and be merry and try not to overdose on the stuff. When they say there's no such thing as too much eggnog, that is patently not true.

Around 11pm a faint wind will begin to blow in from the east, heralding a change. What kind of change? The Christmas Ship, of course! Though this year may be a little different from last.