Archive for Christmas

Awesome Christmas Card

In a world where anything can happen… comes a ’Christmas card’ so
terrifying, so awesome, so joyful and triumphant only one man can help.
“We are going to need a bigger tree!”

Yes, it’s early, but you don’t want these to sell out before you get yours. Reece Ward designed the Claus Christmas card to tickle anyone who receives one. Link -Thanks, Reece!

Original post by Miss Cellania

Robbers Wear Thongs as Disguise

These robbers in Arvada, Colorado, have some unusual disguises to conceal their identities while robbing a gas station: thongs!
Link (Photo: Arvada police)

Original post by Alex

iWreath [Flickr]

JohnKit posted a video:

Building the iWreath for a Cyber Christmas
(See the entire set)

Original post by JohnKit

Merry Christmas! (No, Not Late: Russian Orthodoxs are Just Now Celebrating It)

Due to differences between the West’s Gregorian and the Orthodox calendars, the Russian Orthodox church has is just today (January 7, 08) celebrating Christmas.
Daniel Corrigan of Citypages has a slideshow of the Christmas Eve services in northeast Minneapolis.
Link - Thanks Jeff Shaw!

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Original post by Alex

Worst Christmas Ever: Man Spent Christmas Eve Stuck in Septic Tank

How did you spend Christmas Eve? Was it at an awkward family gathering? Scrambling to buy last minute gifts? No matter how stressful it was for you, Robert Schoff has got it beat: he spent it trapped upside down in a full septic tank!
The 77-year-old Des Moines, Iowa man began his holiday with a toilet problem. So he went out to his septic tank and tried to remove the clog. Instead, it removed him. The senior lost his balance and fell into the slop, with his head trapped inside and his feet kicking wildly in the air. The 5′5", 135-lbs. man tried yelling for help at the top of his lungs but no one heard him.

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Original post by Alex

Christmas Customs

Curious Expeditions takes a look at some of the holiday customs of Europe, including the arrivals of Krampus and Black Piet, building the Hungarian Luca Chair, and burning Jack Straw to ring in the New Year. Link

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Original post by Miss Cellania

Travel Trailer Light Show

(Yahoo video link)
Just because you live in an Airstream trailer is no reason you can’t synch your Christmas lights to music via computer. -via Fark

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Original post by Miss Cellania

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