(Yes, yes, I know I’m taking a break, but I read this today and it was too funny and too appropriate to leave alone.)

“On December 25, 1847, one day after Cass wrote to Nicholson, [Jefferson] Davis confronted colleague Henry S. Foote at a Christmas party and berated him for defending popular sovereignty. When Foote barked back, Davis dropped his crutches, leaped on Foote, and beat him until onlookers pulled them apart. Davis wanted to settle things with pistols but agreed to dismiss the fracas as a ‘Christmas frolic.'”

Jefferson Davis was obviously inspired by legends of St. Nicholas punching a heretic in the face at the Council of Nicaea. And now, back to Christmastide!