--chuckling to myself; this is leading me to think of the question "Are you the hero or are you the dissipated friend?"

Occasionally, if you're lucky, both!

--I like what this new-lyrics version of the twelve days of Christmas brings to the table.

Hee. Thank you. The maniacal-looking character with the gun really is the tree topper in this scenario.

--Excellent; I am glad.

We were prepared to reassure our movie cats that it was only a movie, but even the black cat had a happy ending.

Sounds like a LOT of fun!

It was! We had merely hoped it would be an hour's worth of diverting; I regret nothing.