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Jerome Simpson Does Amazing Touchdown Flip Into The End Zone
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson did an amazing flip into the end zone for a touchdown in a game a against the Arizona…
Rare Exports: A Dark Film About The Real Santa Claus
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a 2010 film about the “real” Santa Claus: an ancient, super-powered, child-eating sonuvabitch. This Finnish film, written and directed…
Sant-A-Cademy, A Bootcamp For Training Santas
Sant-A-Cademy, an inside look at the bootcamp where santas are trained.
1948 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Film by Animator Max Fleischer
In 1947, American animation pioneer Max Fleischer made a technicolor animated short based on the original 1939 book from Montgomery Ward, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,…
George Costanza Wishes You a Happy Festivus 2011
George Costanza wishes you a Happy Festivus 2011 in a wonderful new Spoke Art holiday print by Joshua Budich.
Christmas Specials Updated For 2011
John Martz takes an updated look at Christmas Specials for 2011 in The Globe and Mail. via John Martz
Christmas Defecation Traditions In Catalonia
There are many peculiar holiday traditions around the world, but the various Catalan Christmas traditions that put a happy holiday face on defecation (figuratively, mostly)…
Fabulously Demonic Crocheted Krampus Doll Holding Captured Children
San Francisco-based Shove Mink of Croshame has crocheted this fabulously demonic Krampus and the two naughty crying kiddies he’s captured. The details on this piece…
Morphology, Amazing Morphing Claymation Short by Peter Sluszka
In “Morphology”, director Peter Sluszka takes a clay figure of a man and wonderfully transforms him to other shapes using stop-motion animation. Sluszka also created…
How to Make a Giant Snow Ski Ramp Off Of Your Roof
Last year on Instructables, Minnesota-based Evan2010 created a Giant Snow Ramp made entirely of snow coming off of his roof and posted howto instructions so…