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Friday, December 25, 2009
12DC - Day 12: Merry Christmas In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon sent a letter to the New York Sun asking a simple question: is there a Santa Claus? You see, she had a bad father. He didn't want to answer the question, so he transferred his fatherly responsibilities to the newspaper, claiming that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." An editor at the Sun, Francis Pharcellus Church, took the opportunity to answer Virginia's question and also addressed the deeper philosophical quandry. His now famous response can be summed up as "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
Merry Christmas, all! Posted by Mark on December 25, 2009 at 01:38 AM .:
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
12DC - Day 11: The Night Before Christmas This 1933 Disney short is a bit... unenlightened (check out that soot gag), but it was a different time then. That's all for tonight. Merry Christmas Eve! Posted by Mark on December 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM .:
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
12DC - Day 10: Santa Slashers Last year I checked out some holiday horror films and found myself enjoying them quite a bit. This year's crop turned out alright as well, though I wasn't able to get to Don't Open Till Christmas (very long wait on Netflix - the same fate that befell Silent Night, Deadly Night last year).
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:. 12DC - Day 9: Rantlers! Sometimes brilliant moments in cinematic history appear in the most unlikely places. Case in point, Rocky V, where Rocky coins a new holiday term: Rantlers! Take a listen:
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
12DC - Day 8: Eggnog! Last year, I posted about my family's eggnog tradition. Every Thanksgiving, we all bring a few eggnogs and have a tasting. We're pretty bad about organizing it, but this year things went reasonably well, with 12 varieties and even a few new ones. I'm determined to do a true double blind taste test next year... Anyway, here's this year's lineup:
For reference, these are the eggnogs pictured (from left to right):
Wawa brand and Swiss Farms brand eggnogs came out on top, with 5 votes apiece. For those of you non-East-Coasters, Wawa is a popular convenience store (a la 7-Eleven, but better) and dairy farm, and their Eggnog is great. Swiss Farms is also a local dairy, and their stores are these strange drive through affairs... Their eggnog was a new addition this year, and obviously a successful one. It's quite good. On the other end of the spectrum, there was a unanimous decision to crown Rice Dream Rice Nog the most disgusting, though quite surprisingly, Lucerne eggnog did quite poorly. I'm not sure how Rice Nog would compare with Silk Soy Nog (last year's loser), but they're both pretty foul.
One of the funniest things about Rice Dream was a little warning label that was on the side. I took a picture, but Kelson's is much better, and I won't ruin the surprise. Anywho, it was a good year, and I'm looking forward to next year's tasting! Posted by Mark on December 22, 2009 at 06:10 PM .:
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:. 12DC - Day 7: Treevenge! On Saturday, I posted a picture of the traditional Kaedrin Christmas Cactus. I've been delayed a bit due to some server host issues, but today we're going to see a reason not to have a tree (though honestly, in my case, it's more due to laziness than to what you're about to see). It's a short film made by Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisener (he also made this bit of insanity, which I may have posted during the 6WH last year), and a word of warning, it starts out pleasant enough, but it eventually gets very gory, so proceed at your own risk. Of course, that's complete fiction. Everyone knows that our bloodthirsty lust for Christmas trees leads to the extinction of the pine tree. Posted by Mark on December 22, 2009 at 05:13 PM .:
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
12DC - Day 6: The Christmas Cactus Last year, the strand of lights I had on the cactus burnt out, so I had to replace it... And now I remember why I never took lights off the thing before. Taking them off and putting them on can make for a painful experience. In any case, I present you with the 2009 traditional Kaedrin Christmas Cactus:
There you have it. Later in the 12DC, we'll go over some reasons not to have a tree (even though, hey, I love Christmas trees too). Posted by Mark on December 19, 2009 at 06:00 PM .:
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Friday, December 18, 2009
12DC - Day 5: Friday is Holiday List Day Even though it is infrequently observed, Friday is list day, so here's a couple lists... Not So Random 10 Holiday music generally gets overplayed, but let's see what comes up:
Holiday Link Dump
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
12DC - Day 4: Christmas Light Hero Apparently only 1.1 million of you have seen this, so I better do my part: That's a lot of lights. I'm disappointed that the kid is only playing on easy though! Posted by Mark on December 17, 2009 at 12:24 AM .:
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
12DC - Day 2: Peter's Christmas Album I think one of the funny things about this clip is that it appeared in an episode that was aired in September (i.e. not even close to the Holidays). Typical Family Guy. Stay tuned for this year's edition of Incidental Christmas Movies... Posted by Mark on December 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM .:
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Monday, December 14, 2009
12 Days of Christmas: Day 1 - Tarzan, Tonto & Frankenstein It's that time of year again, and in keeping with the tradition of seasonal posts (i.e. last year's 12DC and the 6 Weeks of Halloween), today marks the first of twelve holiday themed posts. As with last year, most will be short posts (usually just a pic or video), but Wednesday and Sunday posts will tend to be longer. And so we begin with a bit of a softball, but for some reason one of my favorite SNL holiday gags growing up. I give you: Season's Greetings from Tarzan, Tonto & Frankenstein! I don't know why, but this seriously cracked me up. Another vid in the extended entry (unfortunately, the best part gets cut off at the end, but it's still awesome). Posted by Mark on December 14, 2009 at 09:32 PM .:
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas And so we come to the last day of the twelve days of Christmas. I hope you had a good one! To mark the occassion, here's Eric Cartman's rendition of "O Holy Night": Merry Christmas all! And now we return to our normally scheduled posting... Posted by Mark on December 25, 2008 at 06:15 PM .:
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
12DC: Day 11 - The Night Before Christmas Today, we kick it old school with The Night Before Christmas, a 1905 silent film (loosely) based on the classic poem by Clement Moore. Only the big day remains! See you tomorrow... Posted by Mark on December 24, 2008 at 08:26 PM .:
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
12DC: Day 10 - Seasons Eatings I'm sure you've already seen this, but it's always worth watching again: Pete Schweaty's Balls - watch more funny videos
Aside from holiday balls, 'tis also the season for Pizzelles (or Italian death cookies, as my friend Dave calls them)... alas, I do not have any good pictures of my mom's famous Pizzelles. Perhaps later. Anyway, we're getting close now! Posted by Mark on December 23, 2008 at 09:41 PM .:
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Monday, December 22, 2008
12DC: Day 9 - One of these is not like the other... Seen while Christmas shopping:
Apparently T2 has entered the ranks of Christmas Classic. That endoskeleton skull fits right in on that shelf, doesn't it? Posted by Mark on December 22, 2008 at 04:06 PM .:
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
12DC: Day 8 - Holiday Horror It seems that even after the Six Weeks of Halloween horror movie marathon, I couldn't really stop. It doesn't help that there are plenty of Christmas themed horror films... though I must admit that I wasn't able to get to the infamous Silent Night, Deadly Night (very long wait on Netflix). Oh well, there's always next year. In the mean time, here's a trio of other Christmas horror films...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
12DC: Day 7 - Weird Holiday Music The 12 days of Christmas continues with a couple of strange Holiday songs for your enjoyment. First up is an animated Bob & Doug McKenzie singing The 12 Days of Christmas: Next is the Carol of the Bells as performed by guitarist Gary Hoey: Ok, so not that weird so far, but here's a genuinely odd one from Jonathan Coulton (with Paul & Storm) called Chiron Beta Prime. Just his description of the song, before he even starts singing, is worth watching... Well that's weird enough for me. Special thanks to Widgett, who is one-upping me by doing 13 days of Christmas. Anyway, he's responsible for the Bob & Doug McKenzie and Jonathan Coulton songs and has a few other demented holiday songs too... Posted by Mark on December 20, 2008 at 09:35 AM .:
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Friday, December 19, 2008
12DC: Day 6 - The Spirit of Christmas During my freshman year of college, a friend called me into his room to show me this video he downloaded from the internet (Dude, it was 50 megabytes! That's huge!) The video featured crudely animated kids with hilarious potty mouths chearing on a fight between Jesus and Santa Claus. This was probably among the first internet video memes out there, and it's fully deserving... A few years later, the creators of this short got their own TV show, which became South Park. This original video still holds up though, even after all these years... More tomorrow! Posted by Mark on December 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM .:
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
12DC: Day 5 - It's an MST3k Christmas There are lots of great Christmas movies, but of course, there are lots of really bad ones too. This is why these Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes are so great - they make bad Christmas movies into great experiences. Without further ado, here are the full length episodes of both Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (with Joel Hodgson and including the infamous Patrick Swayze Christmas carol) and Santa Claus (with Mike Nelson). Santa Claus: Over 3 hours of brilliant stuff going on there... enjoy! Posted by Mark on December 18, 2008 at 09:14 PM .:
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
12DC: Day 4 - Eggnog A family tradition has grown over the past few years. Every Thanksgiving, we have an Eggnog tasting. Nothing fancy or scientific (though perhaps that can be arranged next year!) and we're pretty bad about organizing this. Point of fact, this year, we only had 4 varieties to try out. Last year, however, was a different story. Again, due to poor planning, several people brought several different varieties, which lead us to have 14 different brands of eggnog.
For reference, these are the eggnogs pictured:
Up until this event started, I'd never been much of a fan of eggnog. There's just something unappealing about a substance that is so scary-bad-for-you that you can only consume it for a limited period of the year. But I've grown into it and am looking forward to next year's tasting... Posted by Mark on December 17, 2008 at 07:05 PM .:
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
12DC: Day 3 - The Christmas Cactus What do you use, a tree? Pfft!
The traditional Kaedrin Christmas cactus strikes again. Also striking again, my poor photography skillz! More to come... Posted by Mark on December 16, 2008 at 06:45 PM .:
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Monday, December 15, 2008
12DC: Day 2 - The Lost Ending of It's a Wonderful Life A few years ago, the lost ending to the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life was found. It's brilliant. Tomorrow, we'll handle christmas trees... sorta. Posted by Mark on December 15, 2008 at 06:40 PM .:
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
12 Days of Christmas: Day 1 - Incidental Christmas Movies In keeping with the tradition of seasonal posts (i.e. 6 Weeks of Halloween), today marks the first of twelve holiday themed posts (not all will be about movies, I promise!) We start off with what I'm calling Incidental Christmas Movies, meaning movies that take place during the holidays but aren't about the holidays.
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