Still, to those few Russians for whom December 25 is as good a reason to have a boozy night out as January 7 - merry Christmas!
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From Don Winslow's The ForceHe makes his way through the crowded bar, glad-handing and slapping shoulders on his way out the door.
Malone feels sad all of a sudden.
Maybe it’s the adrenaline dump.
Maybe it’s the Christmas blues.
He gets up and goes over to the jukebox, drops in some quarters and finds what he’s looking for.
The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.”
A Christmas Eve tradition of Malone’s.
"It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank,
An old man said to me, “Won’t see another one.”
BTW, there's no such thing as the NYPD choir:)