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Merry Christmas 2025! + Exclusive Yamaha Tour!
Happy Holidays from Hook & Barrel. Here are some great Christmas-related stories, recipes, and just fun stuff to help get you through the brief downtime during all the family time.
“Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” — Clarence, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Go behind the scenes at Yamaha’s Newnan, Georgia, factory with our exclusive look at how the rugged Grizzly ATV and other Yamaha machines are assembled from bare frame to trail-ready beasts. From the hum of the production line to dyno testing before shipment, this is a rare insider tour you don’t want to miss, complete with engineering insights and a peek at the future of Yamaha off-road gear.
Have yourself a Hook & Barrel Christmas
Let your hunting pack be light
From now on, may your blown bucks be out of sight
Have yourself a Hook & Barrel Christmas
Let your ice shanty be warm
From now on, may your old truck come to no harm
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who punch their tags each year
Gather near to us once more
Through the years, we all will be together
At deer camp each fall
Where we argue over who has the best turkey call
And have yourself a merry Hook & Barrel Christmas, ya’ll
Okay, we’re not songwriters, but here’s some Christmas cheer from the Hook & Barrel family to yours. Merry Christmas!
Sure, it’s stereotypical to say that Italian-Americans love their food. But when it comes to ye old country’s (southern Italy mainly) Feast Of The Seven Fishes, they’re off — scratch that — on the hook… as in fishing hook. Each family has their own traditions, but the common theme is always tons of great fish and shellfish dishes to die for.
The H&B editors wrote their own version of “Twelve Days of Christmas” with hopes that good ol’ Saint Nick would be hookin’ y’all up. Let’s just say he didn’t (for whatever reason), and now you need to bust out your credit card to treat yo-self. Here are 12 major gifts and 12 stocking stuffers that’ll do you right during your hunting adventures in 2026.
‘Tis the season to eat drink and be merry — not necessarily in that order. In fact, let’s key in on the drinking part for those of you who are of legal drinking age. Whether you’re from the North, South, East or West, it’s time to enjoy these fine cocktail recipes for Front Porch Egg Nog, Miller High Life-style champagne, and Southern Comfort-based County Line Mulled Wine.
The 1980s gave us some amazing action movies — so much so that a lot of people have turned a few of them into Christmas traditions simply because they feature the holiday in the backgrounds — and that’s awesome. But did you know that two of the biggest favorites: Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, literally use some of the same guns?
Whether it’s Bruce Springsteen screaming at you about Santa, Mariah Carey demanding you be stuffed in her Christmas stocking, or the goofy Wham! (why the exclamation point?) duo lamenting on bad breakups, this “Last Laugh” classic should get the debate ball rolling
Put on your fur-lined parka, because these are the five best ice bar destinations in the entire world, and they’re all extremely cool. See what we did there?
