Okay, which DUer coined the "Fitzmas" meme?

:applause:

n/t

But I do note that it's been around before from the cartoon



Earliest I see it at DailyKos is 10/11 (took a while for it to take off)

http://judybrowni.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/11/2108/1714

With search,it seems like it was first mentioned on 10/8 at DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1835735&mesg_id=1836776

GREAT JOB...

It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Everywhere you go.
Who's gonna do five-or-ten?
We're thinking once again
Of handcuffs and of orange jumpsuits aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Indictments on every score
But the prettiest sight to see
Is the scowl on Darth Cheney
At the slammer's front door.

A warrant or writ, a subpoena that fits
Is the wish of Barney and Ben;
The thought of Turdblossom hung up like a possum
Is the hope of Janice and Jen;
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for court to start again.

It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Everywhere you go.
There's an defendant who doesn't want to tell;
One in the White House as well --
The felony kind that doesn't mind the law!
It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make them ring
Is the indictment that we sing,
Right within our hearts!

crispini

You've done a great job of getting us in the Fitzmasy mood! A Merry toast to you and Crispini!:toast:

Think I might be guity. Posted the phrase a while back somewhere in the interstices of a thread clebrating the Christmas-like atmosphere that would (theoretically) surround the INDICTMENTS.

Was I really the first? Don't know. It just came to mind while scrolling through the thread. I suppose I could have read it somewhere else first, but I have no recollection of that. At any rate, it sounds like me -- so I'm taking credit till some sort of other claimant or evidence comes forward.

It may turn out that this natural play on words emerged simultaneously in several Skulls at about the same time. Wouldn't be the first time that happened.

Do you think there's a million-dollar book contract somewhere in this? If so, then I definitely TAKE CREDIT.

Merry Fitzmas !

:hi:

:party:

I loved the penguins for mine! 6 Larry Franklins if I remember my contribution correctly. Spiral Hawk was one of the first!

:hi:

I LOVE them! :hi:

But holding off on celebrating till the indictments come down.

A-n-t-i-c-i-p-a-t-i-o-n

before that one

:toast:

She had a whole thing right above her sig lines which are now rendered inoperable by DU traffic.

Hearing no objections, I humbly take my place in RHETORICAL POSTERITY with my fellow luminaries:

Aristotle
Cicero
Voltaire
and Tom Paine.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

if a consensus has been reached among the etymologists, someone should add the information, with supporting links if possible, to the Demopedia article on Fitzmas: http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Fitzmas

was at Kos...and I check DU and Kos many times during the day.

eom