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Ten-year-old Sancho, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel, California, USA
Sancho the Therapy Dog Brings Cheer to Hospital Patients 2.
Anthony Wilson-Smith’s Twitter 3.
I would love to find the original source for this, if anyone knows.
All about reptiles Tumblr 4.
Photo by Alan Sailer 5.
cassandramaaaae’s Tumblr 6.
Hedgehog Euclid and family
Reddit: This year’s Christmas card starring our hedgehog. 7.
9GAG Facebook 8.
Mari Lwyd, 2011
Photo by R. FiendThe Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes (story and more pics) 9.
Imgur: My dad is an OB/GYN, and was on-call for Christmas. This is how he went to round on patients this morning. 10.
President Barack Obama helps to deliver toys and gifts from the staff of the Executive Office of the President to the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., USA, December 10, 2014
Photo by Chip Somodevilla
Obama busts toy gender stereotypes (article and a video) [11b, dinosaur baby blanket 2, faze creations christmas market galway aquarium xmasmarketgalwayaquarium.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/faze-creations/]
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Baby blanket by Faze Creations, 2014 Indoor Christmas Market at Galway Atlantaquaria, the National Aquarium of Ireland in Galway, Ireland
More pics of Faze Creations products from the market 12.
Normal, Illinois, USA
Reddit: The P.O.W. camp for the War on Christmas 13.
Fake Science Tumblr 14.
Fake Science Tumblr 15.
Gregory Mone, 2009
No, it’s not a children’s book.
NewScientist: The science of Santa (includes book excerpt) 16.
rudolph the red-nosed reindeer bun, holiday hair (how to make it, with more pics and a video) 17.
From the book The Christmas Whale, 1945, written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Excerpts and more illustrations here 18.
Timothy Snyder’s Twitter (he wrote the book) 19.
Reddit: “Every Christmas my bff and I send cards to random addresses” (originally from kathradical’s Twitter, which is sadly defunct) 20.
Imgur: I got it at last 21.
Mike Nouveau and his cat Tamago
Reddit: Me and my cat’s Christmas card was deemed “sacrilegious” by a few people. What do you think? 22.
Card created by Carolina Bensler 23.
Attila the Stockbroker’s Twitter 24.
Liz Climo 25.
Photo by Bryce Purnell
Purnell’s Instagram (he zoomed out while taking the picture)
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Reddit: Photo of my cousin’s cat. My grandma sent it to me and told me I had to put it on the Internet. 27.
Smallrooms: This Year’s Holiday Card 28.
Nomi Kane 29.
Reddit: Christmas lights under the snow 30.
Created by Gordon Tarpley
Imgur: Moved the lamp to the front window for the evening. I’m sure the neighbors are thrilled. Another pic and more details at RPF Also posted to
randompictures; also, #’s 1, 3, 6, 21 and 26 to
splodefromcute, and #’s 10, 12, 14, 18, 23 and 28 to
politicartoons