The holidays are here!

With the start of Hanukkah on Tuesday and it being three days before Christmas, it's about time I write, now that the holiday gift rush has finally subsided. This truly is the most wonderful time of the year, especially for Boston sports' fans. The Bruins are now the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Patriots have clinched the AFC East for the umpteen time, and the Celtics are back and the season starts on Christmas day!

Beginning with the Bruins, the team has been on fire, led obviously by their stellar defense and goaltending. The difference between last year's team and this year is the improved offense. It isn't that one player stands above all, although Tyler Seguin is the team leader in points, but getting huge contributions from third and fourth line guys such as Rich Peverely, Chris Kelly, Daniel Paille, and Benoit Pouliot. Their contributions take the pressure off the first two lines to score and instead just letting the game come to them.

The Bruins went 12-0-1 in the month of November, which is incredible. They're 19-2-1 since November and are currently on a five game win streak. The Bruins play at home tomorrow (Friday) against the upstart Florida Panthers, who beat the Bruins at home two weeks ago. With all this winning, Bruins tickets have been flying off the shelf, as they are the hottest ticket in town. Combine that with the holiday shopping season and Bruins tickets are impossible to get. With most of January sold, the best time to head to a game would be weekdays because the start of Saturday afternoons drive the market for those games higher than night games.

The Patriots have been ho-hum while continuing their winning ways. After losing consecutive games against Pittsburgh and the New York Giants, the Pats have run off six wins in a row. The worries are still there regarding the defense as the Pats rank last in terms of yards given up, but are 14th in points against per game, which is really all that matters. The Pats take on the Dolphins this week, who have been showing signs of life, although they fired their head coach Tony Sparano, so the Pats need to make sure this isn't a trap game.

Currently, the Patriots are the number one seed and if they win out their remaining schedule they will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs, even though we know that home field doesn't guarantee a trip to the Super Bowl as last year illustrated. The last two Patriots games are on Christmas Eve and New Year's Day, not exactly great days to have games. That means tickets are cheap, sometimes going for below face value, so for the best prices on Patriots tickets feel free to check out our website TicketsofBoston.com.

The Celtics are back as the NBA and its players agreed to a new CBA. The Celtics did not make any big deals during the short offseason, in fact, they were the victims of bad luck as forward Jeff Green, whom we received in a trade for Kendrick Perkins, was diagnosed with a cardiac aneurism and is out for the season due to surgery. The Big Three is now a little older so the shortened 66 game season will be wearing on them heavily, especially with three games in consecutive days. Celtics tickets will be easy to obtain this season (besides the Heat and Lakers games) due to the quick turnover of home games and they'll be at good prices trending towards face value.

With that, I wish everyone the happiest Hanukkah and the merriest Christmas, as well as a blessed New Year.