So here I sit, wedged somewhere between a roaring fire, a Christmas tree and a puppy that's trying to chew a bone, chase down the family cat and sneak a sip of my eggnog simultaneously. She's quite the multitasker.

Anyway, here's a collection of links that are currently helping me celebrate the 2007th (or so) birthday of Mr. Christ.

The Mercury's cover story ranking the laps of various mall Santas around Portland? Way funnier than Willamette Week's current cover on a bizarre mother/daughter double-suicide. Sheesh, what's next? A big-budget film adaptation of Sweeny Todd released in theaters four days before Christmas? Oh, wait...

What does Santacon look like in New York City? "P. Dgy" has a full report over at podger.net.

Another Christmas, another batch of photos of terrified kids sitting on Santa's lap brought to us by the good folks at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Their collection currently stands at 212 shots. That's a lot of childhood trauma.

Here's a rundown on 30 years worth of LucasFilm Christmas cards. I like 1986's myself. It's got Ewoks.

This string of weird vandalism? Only in Eugene...

I only made it two minutes into the strange Batman Christmas radio serial over on this blog.

Yet another reason why wild boars don't typically celebrate the holidays.

So I guess this means Santa is now "the reason for the season."

Nearly twenty years later I'm still waiting for someone to make a full-length version of this:

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