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The (Mean) Spirit Of Christmas

I should have known that when I sent out an eCard (jolly, festive, courtesy of the folks at Elf Yourself) to get around the post problems I’ve been having, people would start sending me ones back. Well, this serves me right.
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Very Bad Santa

If you’re looking to buy a Christmas gift for a child you really don’t like, how about some of these worrisome presents? Remember, it’s the thought that counts.

Blippy the Baby Frightener

EColi – The Plush Toy

Poncho The Diseased Rabbit

Yodelling Lederhosen

For the Daily Mail reader in your life

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When Classics Get Precious

Scrooge pleasures himself on a bollard as Big Ben rises

Enough now. I don’t know when it happened, but at some point in my lifetime Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ turned from a nice 66 page story about the spirit of Christmas into a gigantic ‘beloved classic’ industry. Worse still, it turned into a brand.
Now, I [...]

Finally, I Understand Motion Capture

It’s been puzzling me ever since the posters went up (in August!) – where have I seen that face before? Now, after watching politician Peter Mandelson talking about his rubbish broadcasting bill, the pieces come together and we see how Jim Carrey achieved his dead-eyed, soulless appearance…and why Tiny Tim was left to die after [...]

Your Christmas Movies 2

It’s time we added some other movies to the Christmas Comfort list. How about A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Barbarella (come on, it’s pretty tame now and it has a snow scene), Tim Burton’s second Batman with the Penguin, the Dino De Laurentiis King Kong? Personally I’d choose A Christmas Story, National Lampoon’s Christmas [...]