SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

DISTURBING SANTA NO. 18

Only one week to go until Christmas, friends and neighbors. Which means, of course, that this weekend will be Prime Holiday Party Time. Lots of drinking, lots of unwanted mistletoe come-ons and a sleigh full of inappropriate gestures like this one:

I always wondered what happened to the leather guy in the Village People.

In case you've missed the previous days' Santas, here are Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Days 7 and 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14 and Days 15-17.