I've heard, as I'm sure you have, people complain that the Indian who inexplicably showed up at the White House the other day didn't have reservations. I think the real focus should be less on bad jokes like that one and more on the fact that I skipped a week of doing ScuttleButton puzzles because of the holidays. In any event, it's time to announce the most recent puzzle winner.

But first: Here's how to play.

It's easy. Just check out my button puzzle each Friday. Take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a familiar saying or a name. (Seriously: a saying that people from Earth might be remotely familiar with.) Submit your answer and hope you're the person chosen at random. That's it!

Oh wait. You MUST include your name and city/state to be eligible.

And also remember, the answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, the answer to a puzzle a while back was "Minnesota Twins" — not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva.

Here are the buttons used during the Christmas week puzzle, in case you forgot:

Draft David Duke for Senate — The white supremacist sought a Senate seat in Louisiana in both 1990 and 1996.

Run Chris Run — Chris Spirou was the Democratic nominee for governor of New Hampshire in 1984, when he lost to incumbent Republican John Sununu.

What A MESS / McGovern Eagleton Sargent Shriver — A Republican-inspired button from 1972 mocking the Democratic Party's mess in the aftermath of Eagleton withdrawing from the ticket because of undisclosed health issues and being replaced by Shriver.

So, when you add White + Chris + Mess, you might end up with ...

White Christmas! — which, for better or worse, much of the East Coast experienced last week.

This week's winner, chosen completely at random, is (drum roll) ... Bob Kennedy of Santa Clara, Calif.

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