Finally, a mascot both furries and grandmas can agree on. Merry XXXmas…from the beach!
This Christmas will be different, this Christmas the trees have had enough, this Christmas the trees will fight back. Treevenge is short film currently being screened at the Sundance Film Festival in which the victims of Christmas' greatest massacre finally get their revenge. I can totally see the taglines: Christmas will never be the same.
Christmas season isn't officially over until a LOST fan creates a nativity scene featuring the mysterious polar bear. Oh, it's already over? Well, Merry Hatchmas!
On December 24th, 1968, Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & William Anders sent a Christmas message back to earth as they orbited the moon. Less than a year later, humans walked it. Seasons Greetings, from the John F. Kennedy Space Center!
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Who says all Christmas trees (and Hannukkah bushes — if that's your thing) have to be evergreen? Here's a roundup of the weirdest trees the web has to offer.
Why look, it's an adorable little girl getting ready for Christmas. It looks like she may have been expecting some kind of evil Santa, or maybe she just heard he's Canadian.
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It isn't even Christmas yet, and already one in five Americans say they expect to return at least one gift this year. Pessimists or realists, here are some helpful links for those of you expecting slipper socks and ugly sweaters.
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Recession's got you scaling back on holiday gifts? The A.V. Club's has your solution: a roundup of this year's cheapest toys — with perfectly reasonable explanations on why they make the perfect gifts. I'm holding out for a Nose Flute.
These guys created a DIY Christmas Cannon that automatically fires genuine Christmas spirit all over any person or thing set in it's path. This includes dudes, Jesus figurines, and a pumpkin. All got straight up Christmas'd.
Merry Hanukkah and Happy Christmas, to all who swing both ways. As the site says, “Sure to confound and confuse both Jews and Gentiles!”
Culture Buzz For all that is jolly, there's also a ton that is seriously messed up about the Christmas season. From creepy gifts to hunky santas (ugh), 'tis the season to be majorly disturbed. Post your favorites!
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“It’s a Wonderful Life is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams,” according to one of the most-emailed stories on the NY Times site today. The writer also argues that George Bailey is mean to his wife and Pottersville is much more fun than boring old Bedford Falls.
Let the Jingle Cats whisk you away with their meowtastic rendition of your favorite holiday tune, White Christmas. Or, for our feline BuzzFeed readers, meow, meow meow, meow meow meow, meeeeeow. Jingle Cats 4eva.
Santa got a ticket for double parking his sleigh…errr Ford Taurus, in Brooklyn on Black Friday! Oh, the outrage! And believe it or not, he was busy delivering presents to kids. Shame on you, NYPD parking people.
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Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church has issued their annual Christmas carol, this time set to the tune of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” (except here, Jolly St. Nick is actually a hellbound “fag”). And you thought your relatives were nuts!
This is a Christmas video from the digital agency AKQA. Because, like, microwaves are super-relevant to both Christmas and the work that digital ad agencies do. Despite the weird disconnect, it's pretty effing awesome.
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Fall deeper into the holiday madness with these free mp3's that ought to cause some major disco fever. Make sure to play these songs through the night from behind your giant inflatable snowglobe. So your neighbors stop talking to you! Who cares? 'Scrooge' 'em!
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After eight years of war, torture, and lies, you know what we're going to miss most about the Bush administration? The annual Christmas video about Barney the Dog! This Olympic-themed final installment is especially cute, if only because Barney wears goggles! GO AMERICA!
Culture Buzz A Yahoo Question asks, “What's the best Christmas song to strip to?” and we deliver. It's “Santa Baby”, the sexiest Christmas song of all year! Runners-up were It Came upon a Midnight Clear and Nut Cracker, of course.
Your two favorite things together at last - tedious movies about broody, adolescent vampires … and Santa. Hooray!
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