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Wonderful Timelapse of the Baking and Building of an Elaborate Homemade Gingerbread House
Artist Susan Aitken created a beautifully elaborate gingerbread house from scratch; patiently designing, baking, cutting, decorating and building the home she calls the “Old Mill…
How Psychedelic Mushrooms From Shamanistic Rituals Evolved Into the Modern Santa Claus Mythology
A short film about the theory that psychedelic mushrooms from shamanistic rituals explain much of the modern mythology of Christmas.
Creatively Absurd Gift Wrapping and Christmas Tree Decorating Machines
Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines, who calls himself an inventor of useless machines, shared the very creative solution he found to easily wrap presents using…
How to Wrap Your Cat for Christmas
A helpful woman patiently demonstrated how to wrap your cat in a cozy swaddling of colorful wrapping paper for Christmas.
Lucas the Spider Gleefully Slips and Slides All Around the Bathroom Sink
Once safely ensconced inside his warm home again, Lucas the Spider, the adorable animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who thought he had too many eyes…
Little Known Facts and Figures About Santa Claus
xkcd has compiled some little known facts and figures about Santa Claus on this Christmas day. We’ve gotten him up to 20% milk and cookies…
Why a Fortified Island Off the Coast of France Might Be the Best Place to Escape From a Zombie Apocalypse
Real Life Lore offers very helpful advice regarding the safest place to be should a zombie apocalypse escape the realm of fiction and make its…
Southern Chef Sean Brock Accompanies a Skeptical Anthony Bourdain on His First Visit to Waffle House
On an episode of "Parts Unknown", chef Sean Brock accompanied a rather skeptical Anthony Bourdain on his very first visit to a Waffle House.
Golden Retriever in a Santa Hat Poses in a Christmas Display Featuring Animatronic Versions of Himself
In a Sao Paulo, Brasil mall, a beautiful golden retriever in a Santa Hat playfully posed in a Christmas tree display full of animatronic versions…
A Touching Tribute to Colo, The First Gorilla in the World to Be Born Into Species Preserving Captivity
In 1956, a tiny newborn gorilla was found on the floor of the gorilla habitat at the Columbus Zoo, still enclosed in the amniotic sac…