Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff

With any luck, and if you were nice instead of naughty, everything Santa brought was already on your Christmas list.

However, chances are you’ll be sitting there Christmas morning with a couple of presents that made you pull the old “Oh, it’s beautiful…I absolutely love it” routine while thinking to yourself “I’ve gotten better presents at a $5 Yankee swap” and making a mental note to cross this person off future shopping lists. For those of you facing this dilemma, I have a suggestion; re-gift!

Don’t laugh. Re-gifting has become such the rage, it now has its own day. Yup. Last Thursday, December 20th, was National Re-Gifting Day, instantly moving into that holiday pantheon reserved for the likes of Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (last Monday in January), National Floss Day (day after Thanksgiving) and Festivus (December 23rd, or whenever Frank Costanza feels the need to perform the Feats of Strength).

So in the spirit of this newest holiday (and because I’m taking the easy way out with this Christmas column…LOL!), I’ve decided to recycle some of the top recent quotes submitted by readers of our SportsTalk blog. Consider it my re-gift to you;

“Not to toot my own horn, but I believe I was one of the 1st people on this blog to predict an undefeated season. Toot-Toot!”—T2, on the Patriots quest for perfection

“Just tuned in to your live webcast. You guys are hot... Are you single Teddy?”—Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, obviously in need of new eye glasses

“Hey let's not get carried away Teddy. I'm sure that both your math teachers and English Lit teachers are equally disappointed in you.”—Fat Professor, commenting on last week’s column citing the Patriots rushing statistics

“Are Patriots fans just looking for justification on the cheating they did? Every time one of these stories comes out, the homers of the Patriots world go, "OOH OOH LOOK AT THAT, THEY DID IT TOO, WHY AREN'T YOU YELLING AT THEM". Pats fans just need to get over it, let people say whatever they want, and let the Pats play their game.”—Ken Goyette, on news reports that the Jets illegally videotaped during a Patriots game last year

“Randy Moss was a man amongst boys -That is the way he has always played the game. I saw him play in High School and college in WV and those have been my exact words for years. He may have been the only person that could have made the jump from high school to the pros.”—KLE, responding to my description of Randy Moss’ performance against the Steelers

“Totally agree with you on this one Panos. But don't be so hard on Tony Allen. Yeah he is an idiot, but Doc is responsible for molding him into the idiot he is today.”—Danimal, talking about Tony Allen’s basketball IQ

“What a great Day. Other than spending 4 1/2 hours in my car, we find out just what a CLASSY Organization the Yankees are.”—Legend Killer, discussing how the Mitchell Report eased the pain of being stuck in traffic during that killer commute two Thursdays ago