Get in the Christmas spirit with a bunch of gay hockey hunks

Oh crap, is it December already? How the hell did that happen? I’m still writing 2012 on all my cheques, for Christ’s sake . . .

Anyway, the holiday season is officially in full swing now, which can only mean one thing: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” On repeat. For the next three weeks. You can already here the opening twinkle of it, can’t you?

To take the edge off the inevitable Mariah Carey overdose, here’s a rendition of her song performed by the Chicago Gay Hockey Association. If you’re going to ring in the Xmas season early, you might as well do it with a bunch of hockey bears, right?

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