It has been a placid time this Yule so far. The plan for the beer blog contest being less onerous has worked out very nicely. I know that because my wife tells me so. Thanks for your understanding as I know there is a lot of interest in the goofy idea of me making people I have never met send free stuff to people, well, 
that I have never met. So with less than 24 hours to go, I give you the prize and photo submission updates.
More Prizes. Stan has offered a copy of The Beer Book edited by Tim Hampson which has a section on US beer written by Stan. Tami, my correspondent from Shipyard in Portland, Maine has offered three t-shirts celebrating their Pugsley’s Signature Series shown to the right. Let me check the email. There may be more.
We go around the world with today's photo updates. John Lewington of Suffolk, England sent another entry to the left taken on the Spanish island of Tenerife and Hunter Williams of Shanghai in China forwarded the photo to the right taken at Windsor in England.
And Knut Albert Solem of Oslo, Norway of Knut Albert's Beer Blog fame forwarded three photos below of his recent trip to London, England. You know, you people really get around.
Mike Nereng of no fixed address, Planet Earth sent this one photo of a rather surprised spouse at Hofbräuhaus - which I take to be the one in Munich and not the one in Edmonton, Alberta. 
Adam Reinke of Arden, North Carolina provided this photo of Bud on ice with this story: "While traveling for business, as I returned to my hotel room after a meeting, I met the room service staff delivering a guest a beer. The presentation of the Budweiser sitting in ice like a fine bottle of champagne was a photo opportunity I could not pass up."
And Mark Michalsk of Owings Mills, Maryland sent in these five pics. I think took the hint about beer and snow very literally. I don't think that is necessariily a bad thing but...
Brian Parker of Audubon, Pennsylvania and the blog I am Beer Wise sent in these five photos including one displaying a true dedication to the great beers of Stone:
Jeremy Craigs of North York, Ontario sent in these five including one that looks like its from a set of a 1970s sci-fi TV show going cheap on the sets.
That is all for now. There are more in the cue and you still have time to take and forward that magic moment between boy and beer or girl and glass. Keep them coming.