{"id":59582,"date":"2019-12-17T18:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=59582"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:49:17","slug":"saint-mick-mick-foley-spending-holiday-season-as-ifcs-slightly-off-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/12\/17\/saint-mick-mick-foley-spending-holiday-season-as-ifcs-slightly-off-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Mick: Mick Foley Spending Holiday Season as IFC&#8217;s &#8220;Slightly Off&#8221; Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one thing that <strong>Mick Foley<\/strong> loves as much as putting his body on the line for the sake of entertaining fans, it&#8217;s putting his body to use as the holiday hero, jolly old Saint Nick, or in this case, Saint Mick, himself. Such has been the case for decades now and this year has been no different as Mick Foley is donning the red and white Santa suit once again to host IFC&#8217;s Best Holiday Bingo every Thursday in December, starting at 9 PM ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p>Known as &#8220;Slightly-Off&#8221; Santa, a nickname that comes from IFC&#8217;s tagline of &#8220;always on, slightly off&#8221; Foley has been making weekly appearances on the network as the host of Holiday Bingo, which airs during commercial breaks of the movie being shown that night. So far, these movies have included <em>Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/em> (Dec. 5th) as well as <em>Gremlins<\/em> (Dec. 12th), which according to Saint Mick himself, is in fact a Christmas movie, whereas <em>Die Hard<\/em> is not. He even brought his friend Rudy the Sock, dressed to look like the reindeer of a similar name, to help him spread the holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining schedule of movies is as follows:\u00a0<em>Year Without a Santa Claus\u00a0<\/em>(Dec. 19th) and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Snow Day\u00a0<\/em>(Dec. 26th).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s not Christmas without @RealMickFoley. Play <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HolidayBingo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HolidayBingo<\/a> tomorrow 9P during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X08WHQk7we\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/X08WHQk7we<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IFC (@IFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFC\/status\/1202332245735825409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hit &#39;em with the cheer, @RealMickFoley. Play <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HolidayBingo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HolidayBingo<\/a> tonight 9P during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles<\/a>. Get your card at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6pAGPIVgO8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6pAGPIVgO8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1B4IWZrVKJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1B4IWZrVKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IFC (@IFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFC\/status\/1202671984187863040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMickFoley\/status\/1205223641065103361<\/p>\n<p>A well-known fact, Mick Foley has long loved Christmas, which he calls his favorite holiday, as well as portraying the big guy himself. In fact, in 2017, Foley wrote a book about the topic, &#8220;Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa&#8217;s Jolly Elf,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Saint-Mick-Journey-Hardcore-Legend\/dp\/1943818754\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that is described as<\/a> &#8220;part jolly memoir, part whimsical ode to a lifetime love affair with Christmas, part solemn tribute to the power of finding the best part of oneself in the unlikeliest of places. Foley&#8217;s love of Santa has been detailed in the media as well, everywhere from <em>Sports Illustrated<\/em> to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>. In the latter of which, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-news\/mick-foley-still-believes-in-santa-claus-172073\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he is quoted as saying<\/a>, &#8220;I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world. I also find it when I don the red suit and become an ambassador for Santa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Mick Foley, who has a year-round Christmas room in his house and whose love of Santa was featured prominently on an episode of the <strong>WWE<\/strong> Network show, <em>Holy Foley<\/em>, even starred in the Netflix documentary, <em>I Am Santa Claus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mick Foley reveals his special Christmas room, only on WWE Network\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Ik1vF7Bshc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch Mick Foley as Santa every Thursday night at 9 PM ET\/PT on IFC (check your local listings) and can play along by downloading your Holiday Bingo card at IFCHolidayBingo.com.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one thing that Mick Foley loves as much as putting his body on the line for the sake of entertaining fans, it&#8217;s putting his body to use as the holiday hero, jolly old Saint Nick, or in this case, Saint Mick, himself. 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