Y’Arrrrr! ‘Ol Santa paid the Captain a visit!!!

Well shiver me timbers and tighten up the sheets! Ol’ Santa Claus must’ve snuck aboard the Ingot while i was casting Zzzz’s and placed some fresh booty under me tree! Apparently Mr. Claus approves of my form of looting, because boy o boy, my secret Santa gifts must have come in Santa’s own canon-balls — because i am blown out of the water!

I packed up me parcel and disembarked from the Ingot (that’s me pirate ship) and made my way to the local espresso emporium. With a fresh brew in hand i began:

Santa is a sneaky ol’ fella, and he made it look like me gifts came from @raybrockman. I guess there’s now customs and immigration to deal with, and Santa didn’t want to be assciated with a known pirate — what if they confiscated the sleigh? Anyway, thanks Ray! It’s a fine thing to be in cahoots with you and Mr. Claus!

So first out of the box i see this:

And then this!

And fockles me cockles if that box wasn’t like a Christmas stocking, in that the loot kept coming out!!!

Santa brought gifts for my whole family!!! What a deluge of benevolence!

Imagine my great enthusiasm and rush of blood to the head when i espied this:

I have heard of the Steem round (and may even have 1 or 25 buried somewhere) but when i saw that Santa had had his elves make me a coin that looks just like me, well, after chortling out a loud guffaw, i had to turn me old bearded face, lest the ‘wags saw any emotion on my usually stern gaze.

And then, i opened Santa’s present for me missus — contrary to what you may have heard, not all Pirates are gay! (not that there’s anything wrong with that life choice...)

So, for Mrs. @thedamus Santa brought:

Are you kidding me Santa!!!? Mrs. @thedamus has been both good and bad this year! But you obviously weighed the balance of her activities and decided she was worthy — just wow!!! She is going to sing and dance like it’s Saturday night when she catches a glimpse of this glittering goliath! What an absolute Stomper for a smaller bar — it makes the 1oz wafer look enemic!

Next, i opened up two boxes. One for each of my sons, who are fine young deckhands and themselves turning into fine stackerz. Soon enough they will become pirates and sail away from the Ingot in their own vessels — but we have a wee bit of time with the lads still at home. Anyway, ol’ Santa brought some love for the boys, who have been very, very good this year! Made me ol’ blackened heart new again they have!

With all this fresh loot about it was time to shoot off a canon ball: Ka-BOOM!!! Went the gun and up, up and away went the discharge; only to fall down to the briny sea with a...Splash!

Thanks Santa! Ol’ Silverbeard has a smile they can see from shore — the sun glittering off my pearly whites and the new shiny in me clutches!!!

Here’s me: warning all to stay back from my loot-chest unless you want a taste of my cutlass!

And finally, the Captain wants to show y’all some secret spice for making almost anything taste better — that is, if you’re cooking with crypto...

[Edit: Oooops, forgot to add the screen shot of my fully initialized Salt wallet on Jaxx, with 50 salt in it...bout $800 cad. I’m not an adviser! But i will tell ya how to do it, and what i have done — Just not what YOU should do...savvy?]

Yo Ho Ho!!! The Captain has had a great morning of unboxing the shiny! And whether it comes from Santa, or from yer own purloinin’, adding the shiny to the old loot pile is always a good idea.

Rock on ssg!

Merry Christmas scallywags!!!

Cheers! from ol’ Silverbeard

and best wishes from @thedamus
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