Well, it's Christmas Time once again ( Read more... )

DECEMBER 24

T.G.I.F. TIME-WASTER

CARTOON CAROLING

Let Weebl and Bob put you in a bright Christmas mood with their inimitable rendition of "White Christmas."

www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/xmas2.htm

DECEMBER 23

CHRISTMAS PRICE INDEX

Since 1984, the wealth managers at PNC bank have been calculating their own C.P.I. -- or "Christmas Price Index" -- how much "true love" will have to cough up to fulfill the gift-giving promised in the "Twelve Days of Christmas." From a low of $51,000 in 1995 to over $78,000 in 2007, the overall cost of the ultimate ( Read more... )

Here's a few pictures that I've often thought about using as Chrismas Cards....

Being the Lazy little Sod that I am, I figured I'd Post them here instead :-p

Enjoy :-)


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DECEMBER 22

CHRISTMAS ANIMATIONS

At this site devoted to Christmas cartoons and TV specials you can read reviews of all your favourites including A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Polar Express, and Mickey's Christmas Carol. With links to where you can see or buy the shows, plus galleries of classic cartoon Santas and ( Read more... )

I was watching A Very Specky Christmas last night and in one Segment, three Guests came in for each Team, each holding a picture, and they had to match the picture with the Guest, based on the Story behind it

One of them was that one of them had served some 'Naughty' Snacks, which she refered to as 'Vagingerbread Cookies'....effectively Anatomically ( Read more... )

DECEMBER 21

CHRISTMAS CATALOGS

If you'd like to see what was on your parents' wish list for Santa you can peruse these Christmas catalogs from major retailers like Sears, Wards, Spiegel, Lord & Taylor, and F.A.O. Schwarz, dating from the 1980s back to the 1940s, when a baby doll or toy truck cost a dollar and a whole train set could be had for less ( Read more... )

Well, once again I find myself alone over Christmas :-(

Last year, I spent Christmas with my Sister, and the year before that, I spent it with Dragon Man

Last year also, I spent Boxing Day with my Mother, just as I have other years, though not necessarilly around the actual time of Christmas....often a week or three out either side

Thus far though, I ( Read more... )

DECEMBER 20

CYCLEMAS

For Christmas 2004, Andrew Naime, director of Modern Art Oxford, convinced the local Christmas lights committee to let him erect an "artist's" tree in the public square instead of a traditional one. Working with illustrator Ted Dewan, they decided to make a tree out of derelict bicycles, many of which were readily available all ( Read more... )

DECEMBER 15

ANATOMICAL PUZZLES

Here's a scary but educational gift you can get for your niece or nephew -- puzzles of the internal anatomies of a human, a horse, a masterdon, a human eye, and a cow and a pig, which would be especially interesting to put together under the tree if you're about to sit down and eat them for Christmas dinner.

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