But yet there are still some awesome household items that will certainly produce a smile Christmas morning.
Xin produced a goofy smile.
The big, purple-haired boy looked up at me and produced a disdainful smile.
Asked about Fassel's whirlwind week, quarterback Kerry Collins produced a whimsical smile, not dissimilar to the one Fassel has been wearing since Wednesday.
As the last middle-aged couple exited, the boy assistant produced a tight smile that was gone by the time he'd locked the rest of us back in.
When I approached, the little boy jumped back and the old woman's eyes filled with panic, but she produced a thin smile, and then, stuck inside the coil, attempted to bow to me.
Ponting later produced an icy smile and said: "That was Test cricket, it was Ashes cricket, it is what it is all about.
Still, Lamoriello, the Devils' president, produced a bit of a smile today when he announced that Scott Gomez was on his way to camp.
Issue one produced a few wry smiles but no belly laughs.
