Christmas 2012

Welcome to this years Christmas special. I hope there are plenty of interesting links for your enjoyment. You may also submit, email address in sidebar, any interesting links you think should be included here. Enjoy.

• Why Did NORAD Start Tracking Santa?
• Christmas Trees Given Jellyfish Genes Could Produce Their Own Light
• 50 Things You Will Never Get For Christmas Again
• The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained
• Holiday Greeting Cards Through the Decades
• Things You Don't Know About Christmas Carols
• The Eggheaded, Noggin-Filling Story of Eggnog
• Treegonometry creates perfect Christmas tree
• Happy Kids on Christmas Morning

The 8 Weirdest TV Christmas Specials of All Time

• Without Magic, Santa Would Need 12 Million Employees
• Tutorial: How To Make a Snow Globe and a little more serious DIY Holiday Gift: Snow Globes!
• The Cost of The 12 Days of Christmas
• You’d Better Watch Out: Krampus Is Coming to Town
• 25 cats in, on and under Christmas trees
• Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem
• Who Eats at McDonald’s on Christmas?
• Santa is offered police protection after brick attack
• Amazing Perth Christmas Lights 2012 "Gangnam Style"
• Life:: Inside a Nazi Christmas Party, 1941

• How To Draw A Cartoon Elf – Tutorial
• Happy Kids on Christmas Morning
• Resee's Cup Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Treats for Christmas
• 10 Remarkable Origins of Common Christmas Traditions
• "Quiet Santas" take wishes from kids with special needs
• Snowman Makes a Call
• Holiday Movie Selection Flowchart
• The Chemistry of Snowflakes
• Christmas Sandwich Review: Harrods
• The Only Christmas Song to Hit #1 on the Charts

• Ghostly, Glowing X-Ray Images of Christmas Gifts
• Charlie Brown Christmas Ornaments Tutorial
• Secret Santa by Alex Grigg
• A kids view of The Christmas Story
• Holiday Party Bingo
• Snowman Poop
• The Beatles - Fan Club Christmas Flexi’s - Free Download
• How Rudolph's Nose Got Its Glow
• Santa and Reindeer gif
• Chemistree

• American History Through Christmas Cards
• 109 Cats Celebrating Christmas
• Christmas Tree Decorating by Child Age
• Pipes for Pipers, Drums for Drummers, and 10 Other Christmas Patents
• Where do used holiday lights go? Hint: not the North Pole
• TV.com's 12 Days of Clips-mas, Day 1: All Two Hours of the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978
• 16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas
• The changing cost of Christmas
• First 'Santa friendly chimney' created after boy's letter
• Dear Santa Letter sent 100 years ago found up chimney

• Senior Citizen Flash Mob Performs To 'Last Christmas' In Lawrence, Kansas Target
• Christmas in Australia
• Santa's Reindeer
• Christmas nyan cat
• Don't Stay Out Too Late!
• Santa Academy
• Singing Christmas Hedgehogs
• Terry Gilliam - The Christmas Card
• Doctor Who Advent Calender
• Contrary, Lazy, or Subversive (but Funny) Christmas Decorations

• 10 Douchiest Christmas Characters
• A Christmas Tree Made from $150,000 in Cameras
• Strange Santa Claus Sightings: Swimming With Sharks, Dressed Like A Zombie, At The Optometrist
• The TMNT's 'We Wish You a Turtle Christmas' Musical Raises So Many Questions
• Animal Nativity scene
• Festive greetings from Cyriak
• The Evolution of Santa Claus
• Angry Birds Christmas Light Game
• Christmas Dinner Around The Globe
• Cats Hate Christmas

• The 25 Funniest Family Christmas Portraits of All Time
• Star Wars Snowflakes
• Cool Christmas Lights
• Super Mario Tree
• 26 Of The Best Of The Worst Family Holiday Cards
• 12 Things You Might Not Know About A Christmas Story (even though you’ve seen it 90 times)
• Where Are They Now: Christmas Special Edition
• 18 Christmas Gift Ideas for Lonely People
• A '90s Kid's Christmas List
• Darth Vader Christmas Choir Flash Mob of the Day

• Rice Krispmas Tree
• Secret Santa: Stranger Covers Christmas Layaways
• Lamborghini Murcielago Turned Into A Christmas Tree
• 50 most popular Christmas toys from the last 100 years
• 9 Holiday Characters From Around the World
• Santa's Christmas Eve Workload, Calculated
• The OTHER 12 Days of Christmas
• The Best Christmas Songs of All Time According to Rolling Stone Readers
• 12 Even Uglier Christmas Sweaters
• Twenty-Five Semi-Obscure Traditional Christmas Songs as Performed by Famous and Non-Famous People

• Christmas By The Numbers (Infographic)
• Smells like Christmas spirit - WSU researchers tie simple scent to increased retail sales
• In Gloomy Economic Times, Santas Learn to Help by Curbing Expectations
• Stoner Christmas Tree
• 15 Odd Christmas Gift Ideas for Musicians
• Away with the manger: school replaces nativity with jewellery heist
• Raging Around the Christmas Tree
• Lights out in Christmas illumintions blunder
• The 19 Best Secular Christmas Songs
• My kind of Christmas tree

Christmas tree thieves nabbed... by a trail of pine needles

• The 12 All-Time Ugliest Christmas Sweaters
• The 7 Weirdest Christmas T.V. Episodes And Specials
• Kids' Letters to Santa Demonstrate Everything Wrong with America Today
• Simpsons Christmas Cards
• Creepy Christmas Carols for a Less Cheerful Holiday
• Merry crunkmas: five songs about holiday substance abuse
• Star Wars Nativity Scenes: In A Manger Far, Far Away
• Video Game Industry Christmas Cards
• 10 Fascinating Facts About Christmas
• 8 Famous Christmas Babies

• Top 13 Crimes Committed By Guys in Santa Suits
• 10 Strange But True Christmas Crimes
• The 12 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Christmas Ads
• Top 10 Booze-Fueled Holiday Songs
• Please Don't Stop Believin' In Santa - Not Yet
• The 50 Worst Christmas Albums Of All Time
• The Top 6 Most. Irritating. Christmas. Songs. Ever?
• Doctor Who cast sing a Christmas carol
• Most Funny Christmas Cartoons
• The Original War on Christmas

• Let's hope THIS Frosty doesn't come to life! 'Bored' Poles build 31ft behemoth with a traffic cone for a nose
• Thomas Cane’s Santa Claus detector
• Santa Claus is REAL
• The Most Annoying Christmas Lights Ever
• 8 Christmas Foods That Should Be Forgotten
• How different age groups celebrate Christmas - The Oatmeal
• Cute Christmas Creatures
• 4 Bad Lessons 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer' Teaches Kids
• Scottish Advent Calender
• 20 Over-the-Top Luxury Christmas Presents

• 13 Things You Didn't Know About Christmas Traditions
• 5 Best Websites With Awesome Christmas Wallpaper For Your Desktop and 5 Websites To Find Free Printable Christmas Cards. (via)
• Things you can only say during Christmas
• 10 Christmas Movies for People Who Usually Hate Christmas Movies
• Star Wars Paper Snowflakes (via)
• Iron Man and Spider-Man Snowmen Patrol a Wintery Backyard
• Christmas Celebrations Around the World
• Robot Santa Discovers Meaning of Christmas at SantaCon
• Wham win most annoying Christmas song
• Baby goat born in church nativity scene

17 Dogs Dressed as Santa

• 11 Christmas Songs With Surprisingly Dark Lyrics
• Creepy Victorian Santa
• 10 Worst Christmas Decorations Ever
• 10 Historically Bad Christmases
• The 10 Creepiest Santa Clauses
• Christmas 2.0
• Christmas "Carol of the Bells" Played With Dominoes
• The History of Santa Claus
• Christmas At Disneyland
• The 9 best and funniest “made for TV” holiday songs

• 9 Holiday Characters From Around the World
• 6 Controversial Christmas Carols
• Christmas Story Bunny Costume
• 12 Amazing Christmas Lights Around the World
• Who Sent the First Christmas Card?
• Have yourself a creepy little Christmas?
• 10 Creepy Santas (whose laps we want nothing to do with)
• A Brief History Of Santa
• The Good, The Bad, And The Naughty
• Tesla Coil Christmas Tree

• Lego snowman
• 10 Legal Online Sources To Download Free Christmas Music
• Top Ten Christmas facts
• 11 Winter Wallpapers
• Vintage Christmas Bicycle Ads
• 18 Clever Christmas Trees Created With Recycled Materials
• New Year Traditions
• How to Scientifically Explain Santa Claus to Your Children
• How the Nazis Stole Christmas
• 6 Christmas Firsts

• 6 Real Life Supervillains of Christmas
• 11 Geeky Christmas Tree Ornaments
• 9 Other Things That Happened Christmas Day
• Top 10 Worst Movie Santa Clauses
• Unusual and Creative Christmas Trees
• Dalek Christmas tree
• What Santa Really Does While You're Asleep
• O Christmas Tree: A Closer Look at the Industry
• The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
• Top ten worst Christmas Songs

• 5 Questions on the Origins of Christmas
• Bizarre But Clever Christmas Decorations
• The 10 Most Underrated Christmas Specials Ever
• 15 Non-Christmas-y Ways to Reuse Christmas Decorations
• Christmas Trees and More
• 57 Different Ways to Say “Merry Christmas!”
• Christmas Music Radio Stations streaming live on the internet
• Worst Santa Ever
• The Greatest Christmas Decoration Ever!
• Top 25 Christmas movies

• Christmas Tree Fads and Fashions
• Need Christmas cards?
• Christmas wallpapers
• Merry Christmas Motivational Poster
• Guide to Office Holiday Parties: Dos & Don’ts
• Crap Wrap
• Make Your Own Gift Bows
• Beer Christmas Trees
• Vintage Christmas Ads Pt. 13 - Celebrity Christmas Ads
• The 50 Most Awesome Snowmen Ever Built

• Christmas Party Etiquette
• Christmas Trivia
• The 100 saddest Christmas songs
• Worst Christmas Lights. Ever
• Make a Reindeer from a Computer Carton
• How to Make Eggnog
• Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol.1972 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic. Animated in the style of 1800s engravings by the great Richard Williams, Produced by the late Chuck Jones.
• The 12 Days of Christmas Cutbacks
• The Real Story Behind A Charlie Brown Christmas (and why it almost wasn’t shown)
• Why We Never Lied to Our Kids About Santa

• Gift Wrapping Alternatives
• Snowflakes Under an Electron Microscope
• Letters From Bad Santa NSFW
• Toy Marble Museum Finds America's Oldest Santa at Toy Factory Site
• Many Ways to Say Merry Christmas
• Victorian Santa Gallery. Scans of antique Victorian Santa postcards.
• Personal Finance Advice - 10 Best Self Made Christmas Trees
• Top 10 Christmas Horror Movies
• Make-a-Flake - A snowflake maker
• Christmas Lights and Traditions in Europe

• Fart Christmas. Flash fun.
• Scared of Santa
• New Year's resolutions. Age 1-30.
• Parkour Santa
• Tramp O Claus NSFW
• Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful
• Christmas pictures from around the world
• With 42 Christmas trees, she's an "ornament junkie"
• The key to flatulent-free sprouts
• Rudolph, and Santa’s 27 Other Reindeer

• A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
• Tacky Christmas Yards
• Extreme Christmas Lights
• 12 Days of Cinematicalmas - Low Points of the Star Wars Xmas Special
• The 25 worst Christmas album covers of all time
• One for the kids. Santa Claus and Christmas at the Northpole
• Evolution of Santa Claus
• All I Want for Christmas Is Not To Hear That Song
• 20 Different Christmas Traditions from Around the World
• The Most Spectacular Christmas Trees, Compared

• Santas Take Over Moscow
• Scans of Vintage Christmas Catalogues
• The Ten Tackiest Christmas Traditions
• Holiday Movie Quiz
• Chronological History of the Christmas Tree
• Gallery of Unfortunate Christmas Cards
• Cats in Hats for Christmas
• A Cats Christmas - Tree Decoration 101. Your Instructors on how to assemble and decorate a Christmas tree are Iris and Fern - 2 fluffy tailed kitty sisters.
• How to Buy a Christmas Tree
• Evil Santa

• List of Christmas films From Wikipedia
• Snowman Kama Sutra
• The Star Wars Christmas Album. Worst album ever?
• top 20 worst nativity sets
• The world's smallest snowman at just 0.01mm wide
• For Every Holiday Party, the Right Drink
• A Space Age Christmas. A prediction from 1974 what christmas would be like now.
• Beyond Monopoly: Great Board Game Gifts for Geeks
• MS Word Wrapping Paper. Handy if you are stuck.
• 30 Years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards

• Christmas Crafts and Printable Activities
• Department Store Christmas Catalogs
• 10 Office Holiday Party Landmines to Avoid
• Christmas light show with over 70,000 lights
• AveryAnt.com - Satan and Santa
• Christmas 2.0: Subverting the Holidays With Re-dubbing
• World's Tallest Lighted Living Christmas Tree Over 150 Feet
• YouTube - 5 Sure-Fire ways to Improve Santa and Christmas!
• Norad Tracks Santa
• Christmas Lights and How to Fix Them

My Miserable Christmas - Christmas Sucks. NSFW

• The Science of Christmas: the First Noel
• Top 10 Gifts For People You Hate
• Flickr: The Vintage Christmas: 1945-1970 Pool
• Ugly Christmas Lights
• 16 Serious Questions Raised by "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
• World’s Most Unusual Christmas Trees
• 10 Cool Animals for Christmas Gifts
• Top Ten Strange Santas from Japan
• Top Ten Christmas TV Villains
• Christmas Shopping in Tokyo

• The Ten Worst Christmas Movies of All-Time
• Elf Yourself
• Christmas Carols Lyrics Database
• Christmas Trees 'Round the World
• Christmas Tree Made Out Of Mountain Dew Cans
• The Snowman with added Irn-Bru
• houseblinger.com - houses decorated with Christmas lights
• XMAS FONTS.com - Your source for free Christmas typefaces
• We Love Holiday Sweaters. Design your own Christmas sweater.
• Saint Nicholas ::: Discovering the Truth About Santa Claus

• Quite Possibly The Worst Family Christmas Card Photo Ever
• Who invented electric Christmas lights?
• Christmas Humor
• 11 Unusual and Funny Christmas Ornaments
• A Do-It-Yourself Christmas: 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself
• History of Christmas Cake
• Hilarious things children say about Christmas
• Unassembled Snowmen For Sale
• YouTube - Charlie Brown Xmas Alternate Ending NSFW
• 12 Days of Christmas, Found on the Net

• Motives Behind Santa Myth Examined
• Top 10 Best And Worst Christmas TV Specials
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Christmas
• Christmas Icons - Free Icons
• Santa vs God
• 10 Best Bits Of Christmas From Non-Christmas Movies
• Funny Christmas Quotes
• Christmas and holiday cards for geeks
• 20 Christmas Lights Photos - With a Twist
• 25 Facts About Your Favorite Christmas Movies

• Old Soviet Christmas card collection
• 16 Things About Christmas We Hate
• Regifting Done Right
• Most Expensive Christmas Trees in the World
• Stories Behind 10 Famous Christmas Songs
• 10 Terrible Life Lessons from Your Favorite Christmas Movies
• How to run Christmas Lights on your Bike
• 20 Worst Holiday Movies
• The 22 Worst Gifts on Earth. Period.
• Bizarre X-Mas Tree Ornaments - Pickle on your Tree

• Christmas light hero
• Happy Holidays
• Cancel Christmas - Jesus was born June 17, say scientists. That's my sons birthdate too.
• 10 Not-So-Cheery Holiday Movies
• 8 Truly Strange Christmas Customs
• 10 Christmas Superstitions and Traditions
• 25 Weird And Bizarre Xmas Trees
• Top 10 Most Unusual Christmas Trees
• The 12 Days of Kitschmas
• The History of Santa Claus

CHRISTMAS GAMES

• Christmas Zoom
• Jingle Smells
• Factory Balls, the Christmas edition
• Slingshot Santa
• Turkey Target 2
• Elf Attack
• Christmas Time Game
• a blocky Christmas
• Winterbells
• Penguin Rush
• Snow Line
• Serious Santa
• Snow Drift
• Fat Santa
• What's Your Snowman Name?
• Frosty Flips
• Santa's Chimney Trouble
• Try a spot of Elf Throwing
• Reindeer Tipping
• Santa Balls 2
• Snowfight
• Loads more Christmas Games here.

CHRISTMAS ANIMAL VIDEOS

• Puppy Christmas
• Jingle Barks: Dogs Barking Jingle Bells
• Breakdancing Holiday Dogs!
• Singing Christmas Hedgehogs
• Hula Cats Christmas
• Cats Christmas Card - the extended version
• Jingle Cats - White Christmas
• Lots more Jingle Cats
• Dog singing jingle bells
• Dogs singing christmas song
• Christmas dogs & cats song
• A Christmas Cat Song

CHRISTMAS ANIMALS