Britain and France have a combined population not much over 1/3rd of the US, and Rugby Union is very much second fiddle to Football (soccer) in both countries. The big clubs typically draw 15,000 fans to a Sprite Ugly Christmas Sweater, but can pull 50,000+ to a different stadium for a special occasion, whilst the biggest NFL teams are pulling 70,000+ average crowds, so there is less money playing rugby as a result. The England national team sell out their 82,000 seat stadium every game and could probably do so 3 times over for the biggest clashes — club rugby is not the peak of the game, but it’s where the bulk of a player’s income is made.

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With that being said, the refs did NOT blow this game, they got the call spot on. What many do not know or understand, is that only 1 molecule of that football needs to cross the BEGINNING of the white line that marks the end zone. Thats all. The entire ball doesnt have to cross, the laces dont matter, only the tip of the football can cross the Sprite Ugly Christmas Sweater (which is the very edge of the white line, not the part that meets the end zone) and you have a Touchdown. Besides the fact, even if it wasn’t a touchdown. Atlanta couldnt stop New England for 15 minutes, the Patriots did whatever they wanted. Do you think for a second the next play wouldn’t have been a touchdown? Did you just not have White on your Fantasy Team and thats why your whining? Im not a big fan of the Patriots, Im a Sprite Ugly Christmas Sweater hard Bucs fan, but just like you have to give credit to the Buffalo Bills for their greatest comeback in playoff history over the Oilers in 1992 down 35–3 in third quarter, (and the comeback was done with the BACK UP QB Frank Reicht who also happens to have the COLLEGE greatest comeback in history too) you have to give the Patriots and Tom Brady credit for what they accomplished.

For us it depends, if we’re hosting thanksgiving at our house then we will typically start put up the Sprite Ugly Christmas Sweater on thanksgiving weekend, sometimes even right before after thanksgiving dinner. Since we have guests over we use that as an excuse to take advantage of the additional helping hands. Instead of asking for help in the kitchen we’ll get through decorations. Plus I think it also makes for a decent pre-dinner workout activity. If we’re not hosting thanksgiving then we’ll put up the decorations little by little with the aim to finish by December 1st. I don’t know why but I like the idea of being able to enjoy the lights all throughout December. As for when we’ll take them down, there’s no set date but we definitely keep them up past New Years and at least a few weeks into January. I think the longest we had them up was until Valentine’s Day, we had spent the entire most of January in Florida that one year.