BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "santa claus" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:51:25 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) The Science Behind Christmas http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/the-science-of-santa If you really want to break the news to your kids that Santa doesn't exist, then at least do it with science!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/the-science-of-santa Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:02:09 -0500 <b>If you really want to break the news to your kids that Santa doesn&#39;t exist, then at least do it with science!</b> hgrant nonadult 16 "Dear Santa" Questions http://thehairpin.com/2011/12/ask-santa

Santa might get inundated with Wish Lists every year, but he also gets some very pertinent (and difficult to answer) questions. Luckily in today’s world, he can take to the Internet like a mythical Ann Landers to talk to kids of all ages.

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]]> http://thehairpin.com/2011/12/ask-santa Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:17:08 -0500 <b>Santa might get inundated with Wish Lists every year, but he also gets some very pertinent (and difficult to answer) questions.</b> Luckily in today's world, he can take to the Internet like a mythical Ann Landers to talk to kids of all ages. hairpin nonadult Send A Prank Call From Santa http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/send-a-prank-call-from-santa The Google service Send A Call From Santa lets you send voicemail or video messages to your friends in Santa's voice. My favorite is having him call them Boo and tell them they're getting jeggings for Christmas.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/send-a-prank-call-from-santa Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:15:45 -0500 <b>The Google service <a href="http://www.sendacallfromsanta.com/">Send A Call From Santa</a> lets you send voicemail or video messages to your friends in Santa&#39;s voice.</b> My favorite is having him call them Boo and tell them they&#39;re getting jeggings for Christmas. sly nonadult Matt Damon Trolls Children Dressed As Santa Claus http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/matt-damon-trolls-children-dressed-as-santa-claus Water.org cofounder Matt Damon decided to hit the malls this Christmas in order to promote the clean water cause in Africa. All I know is I'd take a water bottle from Santa Damon any day of the week.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/matt-damon-trolls-children-dressed-as-santa-claus Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:32:08 -0500 <b><a href="http://water.org/">Water.org</a> cofounder Matt Damon decided to hit the malls this Christmas in order to promote the clean water cause in Africa.</b> All I know is I&#39;d take a water bottle from Santa Damon any day of the week. hgrant nonadult The Ultimate Santa Venn Diagram http://visual.ly/ultimate-santa-venn-diagram

Santa Claus is in some very prestigious company.

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]]> http://visual.ly/ultimate-santa-venn-diagram Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:17:08 -0500 <b>Santa Claus is in some very prestigious company.</b> visual.ly nonadult Bizarre Japanese Christmas Card From 1955 http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/bizarre-japanese-christmas-card-from-1955 Here's a deadstock Christmas card created by Brad McGinty's grandfather post-WWII in an attempt to create American-style greeting cards for both the Japanese and the American markets. These are going out to my extended Asian family this winter.

"A few years after my Grandfather returned from the war he decided to start a greeting card company. Armed with one terrible idea and no artistic ability whatsoever, he turned to someone he had met during the war for help, a young Japanese solider he had shot in the face named Haruo. My grandfather spoke no Japanese, and Haruo spoke no English, so how they actually got together is beyond me or anyone else in my family. The idea involved creating American-style greeting cards for both the Japanese and the American markets. It also required Haruo to create all the artwork and handle all of the printing."

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"The story of my grandfather’s failed card company was pretty well known in my family. My grandfather always insisted that it ruined his life and was the cause of his “whiskey fits.” Not only did he blame Haruo for the fiasco, but all of Japan for his financial ruin. He even went as far as to contact the Irish Press in 1956 with a completely fictitious tale about being swindled out of his money while trying to stop a Japanese murder plot against the Pope."

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Awesome caption from an Irish newspaper.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/bizarre-japanese-christmas-card-from-1955 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:02:12 -0500 <b>Here&#39;s a deadstock Christmas card created by <a href="http://www.bradmcginty.com/?p=1366">Brad McGinty&#39;s grandfather</a> post-WWII in an attempt to create American-style greeting cards for both the Japanese and the American markets.</b> These are going out to my extended Asian family this winter. peggy nonadult "A few years after my Grandfather returned from the war he decided to start a greeting card company. Armed with one terrible idea and no artistic ability whatsoever, he turned to someone he had met during the war for help, a young Japanese solider he had shot in the face named Haruo. My grandfather spoke no Japanese, and Haruo spoke no English, so how they actually got together is beyond me or anyone else in my family. The idea involved creating American-style greeting cards for both the Japanese and the American markets. It also required Haruo to create all the artwork and handle all of the printing." nonadult "The story of my grandfather&rsquo;s failed card company was pretty well known in my family. My grandfather always insisted that it ruined his life and was the cause of his &ldquo;whiskey fits.&rdquo; Not only did he blame Haruo for the fiasco, but all of Japan for his financial ruin. He even went as far as to contact the Irish Press in 1956 with a completely fictitious tale about being swindled out of his money while trying to stop a Japanese murder plot against the Pope." nonadult Awesome caption from an Irish newspaper. nonadult nonadult nonadult Gun Club Invites Families To Pose With Machine Guns And Santa Claus http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/gun-club-invites-families-to-pose-with-machine-gun Well this is appropriate. The Scottsdale Gun Club in Arizona is inviting families to pose with machine guns and Santa Claus for only $10. “We thought it would be a fun, family-friendly idea,” Katie Perrine from the club said ahead of the event’s launch.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/gun-club-invites-families-to-pose-with-machine-gun Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:47:16 -0500 <b>Well this is appropriate.</b> The Scottsdale Gun Club in Arizona is inviting families to pose with machine guns and Santa Claus for only $10. "We thought it would be a fun, family-friendly idea," Katie Perrine from the club said ahead of the event&rsquo;s launch. mjs538 nonadult Maryland Fan With Beautiful Head Of Hair http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/maryland-fan-with-beatiful-head-of-hair If Santa Claus, Sam Elliot and the Golem of Jewish lore were dropped into the Large Hadron Collider, what would emerge would still not be as wonderful as this follicular specimen. He Wins March Mustache Madness. Hell, he wins March Everything Madness. Use our image editor at the bottom of the page and mustache ride him into photos of your choosing!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/maryland-fan-with-beatiful-head-of-hair Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:49:24 -0400 <b>If Santa Claus, Sam Elliot and the Golem of Jewish lore were dropped into the Large Hadron Collider, what would emerge would still not be as wonderful as this follicular specimen.</b> He Wins March Mustache Madness. Hell, he wins March Everything Madness. <i>Use our image editor at the bottom of the page and mustache ride him into photos of your choosing!</i> gavon nonadult Pop Art Virgins http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/pop-art-virgins A recent show by artist Soasig Chamaillard , collecting her Virgin Mary statues redone as pop culture pastiche, triggered an anti-cute crusade in France. How you could be offended by something as sacriliciously adorable as the My Little Pony Virgin Centaur, Baby Jesus only knows.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/pop-art-virgins Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:18:06 -0500 <b>A recent show by artist <a href="http://soasig.ultra-book.com/book">Soasig Chamaillard</a>, collecting her Virgin Mary statues redone as pop culture pastiche, triggered an <a href="http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37172/virgin-mary-art-sets-off-a-furor-in-france/">anti-cute crusade</a> in France.</b> How you could be offended by something as sacriliciously adorable as the My Little Pony Virgin Centaur, Baby Jesus only knows. gavon nonadult Surprise Santa http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/surprise-santa

Two guys in Canada dress up as Santa Claus and hand out surprise gifts to strangers.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/surprise-santa Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:02:04 -0500 Two guys in Canada dress up as Santa Claus and hand out surprise gifts to strangers. ashleybaccam adult 25 Photos of Santa with Bulldogs http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/25-photos-of-santa-with-bulldogs Bulldogs are like elves that have been adorably deformed through centuries of inbreeding. Thanks to their prodigious drooling, Santa's lap will be wetter than usual.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/25-photos-of-santa-with-bulldogs Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:27:28 -0500 <b>Bulldogs are like elves that have been adorably deformed through centuries of inbreeding.</b> Thanks to their prodigious drooling, Santa&#39;s lap will be wetter than usual. gavon nonadult Dancing Santa http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/dancing-santa

Santa has moves. The Salvation Army would be swimming in it if they had this guy on every street corner.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/dancing-santa Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:35:27 -0500 <b>Santa has moves.</b> The Salvation Army would be swimming in it if they had this guy on every street corner. gavon nonadult 45 Drunk Santas http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/45-drunk-santas Santas behaving badly. Egg nog tastes much worse the second time around.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/45-drunk-santas Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:00:01 -0500 <b>Santas behaving badly.</b> Egg nog tastes much worse the second time around. gavon nonadult 40 Vintage Santas http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/40-vintage-santas Old timey photos of Santa Claus that you'll either find cockle-warming or ho ho horrifying. Mostly horrifying.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/40-vintage-santas Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:15:50 -0500 <b>Old timey photos of Santa Claus that you&#39;ll either find cockle-warming or ho ho horrifying.</b> Mostly horrifying. gavon nonadult Santa Bears http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/santa-bears Nope, not polar bears living in Santa's village, but burly and frequently shirtless Papa Noels who enjoy body piercings. These are all Safe For Work pieces of fan art, excepting a few cartoon asses. Don we now our gay apparel! No ho-ho.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/santa-bears Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:33:31 -0500 <b>Nope, not polar bears living in Santa&#39;s village, but burly and frequently shirtless Papa Noels who enjoy body piercings.</b> These are all Safe For Work pieces of fan art, excepting a few cartoon asses. Don we now our gay apparel! No ho-ho. gavon nonadult 35 Photos of Santa Holding Cats http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/35-photos-of-santa-holding-cats Best enjoyed while listening to Jingle Cats .

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/35-photos-of-santa-holding-cats Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:38:19 -0500 Best enjoyed while listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFAIOrQAxE0&amp;feature=related">Jingle Cats</a>. gavon nonadult Streaking Santas http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/streaking-santas A bunch of people in various stages of Santa-themed undress ran a charity marathon over the weekend through Astoria, New York. Probably because it was cold outside, stockings did not appear to be stuffed. OR Warm your hands on some yule logs. OR You don't want to see what's in Santa's sack. Et cetera, et cetera.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/streaking-santas Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:44:01 -0500 <b>A bunch of people in various stages of Santa-themed undress ran a charity marathon over the weekend through Astoria, New York.</b> Probably because it was cold outside, stockings did not appear to be stuffed. OR Warm your hands on some yule logs. OR You don&#39;t want to see what&#39;s in Santa&#39;s sack. Et cetera, et cetera. gavon nonadult This Christmas, Everyone Will Believe in Santa Claus http://www.buzzfeed.com/danootz/rare-exports-this-christmas-everyone-will-believe-1vjq

A Finnish horror fantasy with Peeter Jakobi as Santa Claus, written and directed by Jalmari Helander.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/danootz/rare-exports-this-christmas-everyone-will-believe-1vjq Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:02:03 -0400 A Finnish horror fantasy with Peeter Jakobi as Santa Claus, written and directed by Jalmari Helander. danootz adult Santa And The Goths http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/santa-and-the-goths If somebody's very, very good, they might just get that limited-edition Japan-only release of Slipknot's Wait and Bleed for Christmas this year.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/santa-and-the-goths Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:01:31 -0500 If somebody&#39;s very, very good, they might just get that limited-edition Japan-only release of Slipknot&#39;s <i>Wait and Bleed</i> for Christmas this year. expresident nonadult Desaturated Santa http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyweber/desaturated-santa-ru Amidst a sea of jolly red Santas, one stood out — completely desaturated.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyweber/desaturated-santa-ru Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:41:15 -0500 Amidst a sea of jolly red Santas, one stood out -- completely desaturated. lindseyweber nonadult