Tree Disposal
Posted: Wednesday January 06 2010 @ 8:09pm
Category: WTF
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]
Creepiest Santas
Posted: Thursday December 24 2009 @ 1:36pm
Category: WTF
Providing a nice complement to Sketchy Santas is Topless Robot's The 10 Creepiest Santa Clauses.
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It's a Pagan Holiday, Charlie Brown
Posted: Thursday December 24 2009 @ 12:17pm
Category: WTF
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.)
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Christmas Plans
Posted: Wednesday December 23 2009 @ 8:31pm
Category: WTF
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.
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Dickens Invented Christmas
Posted: Wednesday December 23 2009 @ 8:28pm
Category: WTF
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!
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Seven Reasons
Posted: Tuesday December 22 2009 @ 6:05pm
Category: WTF
My favorite female, gay, atheist blogger, Greta Christina, has a nice post up listing Seven Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays.
(By favorite female, gay, atheist blogger,
I mean she's my favorite female blogger, my favorite gay blogger, and my favorite atheist blogger. But, maybe for the sake of consistency, I should write her name as Greta Xina?
)
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Merry Squidmas
Posted: Monday December 21 2009 @ 11:24am
Category: WTF
Everyone here at Secular Xmas (meaning just I) wish you a Merry Squidmas!
[via Pharyngula]
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Atheist Holiday Traditions
Posted: Sunday December 20 2009 @ 6:29pm
Category: WTF
Big Fat Whale has a wonderful graphic up illustrating atheist holiday traditions.
I could really go for some Darwin gingerbread cookies, with all that luscious beard frosting!
[via Pharyngula]
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Inappropriate
Posted: Wednesday December 09 2009 @ 5:50pm
Category: WTF
Wrongcards provides e-cards that are inappropriate for every occasion, including Xmas!
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Greetings From Krampus!
Posted: Wednesday December 09 2009 @ 5:43pm
Category: WTF
What is Krampus, you ask? In short, he's a mythical horned devilish thingie who hangs around with Santa, punishing wicked kids while Santa rewards the good.
Yes, really.
And woot has a great T-shirt featuring him.