Well, it's July. That means it's past halfway to next Xmas! And that also means that Ernie (Not Bert) is doing his annual Christmas in July.
So head over there and get some tunes while the gettin' is good!
As the holiday season ends, we leave you with a final bit of advice on the proper disposal technique for your Xmas tree:
[via BoingBoing]
I'm closing out the year with a bunch of papercraft links. And then I'll ignore this blog for most of the new year.
Christmas Gift Box Papercrafts [all via Paperkraft.net]
Cute little Santa Claus
[via Paperkraft.net]
Dead simple Snowy Paper Xmas Tree
Hatless Santa
[via cubeecraft]
From the world of Zelda comes Link as Santa
[via Paperkraft.net]
BigBang Paper Models has some Xmas-themed characters in Merry Big X'mas!!! Part 1 and Merry Big X'mas!!! Part 2
[via Paperkraft.net]
Not paper, although you could certainly try making this DIY Felt Shingle Tree with paper.
[via Craftzine Blog]
It's Xmas! And we're far too busy enjoying the day to post much of anything. But we do want to leave you with the true:
[Image licensed from Wikimedia Commons]
Providing a nice complement to Sketchy Santas is Topless Robot's The 10 Creepiest Santa Clauses.
ShortPacked! is another favorite web comic of mine. Today, he has a fun spin on A Charlie Brown Christmas.
(Caveats are listed below the strip, for the pedantic.)
So, who writes all those great (non-carols) songs for Xmas? Why, the Jews, of course: The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs
[via the Schmalz]
Okay, it's a baby Jesus. I know, should have no place on this site. But it's just so damn cute!
[via Paperkraft.net]
Without a doubt, xkcd is the smartest, funniest web comic in existence. If you don't agree, it's simply because you lack the knowledge base to appreciate it. (Note, that doesn't mean you're dumb, just that you didn't learn enough about the world.)
Christmas Plans explains why you can't observe Christmas if you want to preserve it. But probably not in the way you're thinking.
That's right! Deal with it!
See, Xmas wasn't that big a deal in the days of old. In fact, the Puritans banned it when they could.
Its revival is arguably due to Dickens and his A Christmas Carol,
according to
The Man Who Invented Christmas.
So, yeah, what we see as Christmas
is not some centuries-old set of traditions. It some stuff Dickens came up with 150 years ago, plus a whole bunch of existing pagan-ish stuff. Plus a whole butt-load of both religious and secular influences. It's a buffet. Treat it as such!