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...courtesy of NORAD.

He's heading for DC now.  There can't possibly be any presents to deliver there.  Good place to dump the "blue ice" though.  

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I miss Calvin and Hobbes so much.

For those hankering for some snow sculpture activity of a more epic bent, I give you the International Snow Sculpture Championships!

Brrrrr!  

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I keep looking for a better light display to post every year, but this is the one I always go with.  I can't get over the way they synch up different groups of lights to reflect the instrumentation.  Well-played, Holdman family!  Again.

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And here's a nice little decorating-themed game that's not as easy as it looks.  Although it's probably not ( Read more... )

The best kind there is!

I'm not *quite* sure I believe this video.  There's no way you can untangle strings of lights without opposable thumbs.

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If only this little guy had stayed awake for just a *little* longer...

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:)

Lovely, lovely, LOVELY nativity story that uses some exquisite silhouette animation.

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And because I love this song, here's another carol on the subject from Emmylou Harris...

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It is when times are darkest that the star shines brightest.      

Two very different but lovely pieces of music about the same subject.  I love them both.

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...a little something by Bach...

...and...

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...by Emmylou Harris (backed by Neil Young, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt!)

Enjoy these delights from the 18th and 20th centuries!  

Here's a trio of Christmas/winter-themed games from the splendid Orisinal website.

Winterbells - Help an adorable little bunny hop into the winter sky on a ladder of winter bells, all to the strains of what sounds like a mashup of Pachelbel's Canon and some music about Hobbits.

The Snow Rider - A little mouse needs your help to ride an ever- ( Read more... )

Is there any more stressful time of year than the holidays?  Let me answer that for you:  NO!

And is there a more depressing Christmas song than this?

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OK, maybe "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is close.  But whenever I hear this, I think of Judy Garland trying to "cheer up" adorable little Margaret O'Brien by singing this terrible song and ( Read more... )