A giant blue monster wishes you a merry Christmas

Cheerful Christmas image and a Pac-Man ghost put to creative use - - two images by Gregory Szucs.

*Previously: Three papercraft Santas.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas ornaments at eBay.

Occult Christmas wishes

Patricio Oliver's adorable occult characters remind that Christmas is a seance-free zone.

*Previously: Turn of the century occult hero Fantastic Four.

*Buy Patricio's Cucos toys at eBay.

The Monsters of Bosco Sacro (link roundup)

"The many monstrous statues (of the Bosco Sacro/Sacred Grove in Italy) appear to be unconnected to any rational plan and appear to have been strewn almost randomly about the area." Lots of photos here, here, and here.

And a few more links:

1. "According to the California State Treasurer’s office, California has over $68 billion in public debt, but the Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters has tried to count total California public debt, including that of local municipalities, and his total reaches $500 billion." Uggh.

2. Have I mentioned lately that you can support my blogging efforts by purchasing from Amazon? Gaiman's Odd and the Frost Giants is half off.

3. Asian-inspired Christmas tree.

*Previously: Merlion statue.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas ornaments at eBay.

Papercraft Santa (link roundup)

Papercraft Santa and Martian by Matthew Gilpin from "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"



Download Matt Hawkins' alien Santa paper toy here.



Download this Santa paper toy by Marshall Alexander here.

And a few more links:

1. One of the ideas in my almost free gift guide was making microscale Lego Star Wars vehicles. Here's another huge gallery of microscale Lego spaceships, along with instructions. Via these sites.

2. Squirrel massage animated gif.

3. List of swag college bowl game recipients receive. Via.

*Previously: Disturbing ads for massage balm.

*Buy Star Wars Lego minifigs at eBay.

Vintage Japanese Baseball Cards (link roundup)

John Gall shares some of his vintage Japanese baseball cards. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Mattijn Franssen's surreal images.

2. Vampire girl sculpture.

3. Cheerful Santa sketch by Adam Koford.

*Previously: Baseball is much more exciting in Japan.

*Buy Japanese baseball toys at eBay.

Lump of coal gift box

Go here to see how to turn a gift box into a lump of coal.

*Previously: Coal miners survived in collapsed mine by drinking urine and eating coal.

*Buy Christmas ornaments at Amazon.

Big Love Christmas MP3s (link roundup)

HBO is giving away Christmas MP3s to promote Big Love. Songs include "We Three Wives," "I Saw Three Hummers," "Deck the Compound," and "Silent Wife." A CD was included in this week's Entertainment Weekly.

And a few more links:

1. Did Gwyneth Paltrow run afoul of the new FTC disclosure rules?

2. Neil Gaiman's childhood memory: "We knew we were bad Jews because we wanted a Christmas tree."

3. A bunch of Nintendo desktop wallpapers.

*Previously: Have you heard Mitt Romney's joke about polygamy?

*Buy Hallmark Christmas ornaments at eBay.

Fark's rejected Christmas cards (link roundup)

From Fark's Rejected Christmas Cards theme.

And a few more links:

1. The WSJ says:

[Tiger] Woods cut an unusual deal with American Media Inc., the owner of both Men's Fitness magazine and the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper. Mr. Woods agreed to the cover shot and photo spread in Men's Fitness, whose circulation of about 700,000 per issue is less than half of Golf Digest's nearly 1.7 million, in return for the National Enquirer squelching a story and photographs purportedly showing Mr. Woods in a liaison with a woman who wasn't his wife.

2. Steps to take now to make it easier to reclaim your Google account if it ever gets hacked.

3. "The Roman Catholic Church and the police in Ireland systematically colluded in covering up decades of child sex abuse by priests in Dublin, according to a scathing report released Thursday." Via.

UPDATE: Sinhead O'Connor has strong words for the Pope. Via.

*Previously: Rejected Fallout perks.

*Buy Tiger Woods toys at eBay.

Tower in the fog (link roundup)

Scott Monument on a foggy day. See also: Moss-covered lion.

And a few more links:

1. The McCourt divorce is infinitely more interesting than watching the Dodgers play - - allegedly Jamie McCourt is dating her chauffeur and sent him to Taiwan to meet with a Taiwanese senator as a representative of the Dodgers. Via.

2. The various rifles used by Stormtroopers in A New Hope were modified real-world weapons.

3. Star Wars nativity scene.

*Previously: The Fog paper toy.

*Buy Polish Star Wars posters at eBay.

Mario Bros. amigurumi (link roundup)

Mario Bros., including Mario in penguin suit, amigurumi by Mindy, who has various items on sale at Etsy.

And a few more links:

1. If you're a web designer and looking to become friends with a powerful blogatrix, go visit Cake Wrecks (bottom of the post).

2. Jim Rugg's Christmas card.

3. Predator busts.

*Previously: Hannibal Lecter amigurumi.

*Learn how to make amigurumi with these books at Amazon.

Michael Jackson ribbon (link roundup)

Michael Jackson ribbon - - it's an ad by BBDO for MTV. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Chris Battle has some cute art on sale at Etsy.

2. M.S. Corley's Krampus Christmas card.

3. The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks is $10 off at Amazon. (No matter how derivative it is, it's still the first well-reviewed DS game in ages.)

*At Toycutter: Michael Jackson Thriller Munny.

*Buy Michael Jackson toys at eBay.

Santa's Head

I guess Santa was the one who was naughty. Here's the related website. Everything's in Italian (?), so the message eluded me.

*Previously: Steampunk Santa and his reindirigible.

*Buy Star Wars ornaments at eBay.

Sculptures by Amy Rawson

Sculptures by Amy Rawson:


Needle Felted Santa Cthulhu and Mrs Cthulhu on sale at eBay.



Hugin and Munin.



Fear.



Belly Full of Bugs.

*Previously: Stubby Cthulhu.

*Buy Monster Ballads Christmas at Amazon.

Mounted Rudolph (link roundup)

Mounted Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer head Christmas card by Mike Mitchell, who has various prints on sale at Etsy.

And a few more links:

1. Santa's secret. Menorah at 7-Eleven.

2. Real-life stranger than CSI:

When Jasmine Fiore's body was found in a Dumpster in Buena Park, Calif., Aug. 15, her fingers had been cut off at the second knuckle and all of her teeth had been pulled out. But authorities were still able to identify the swimsuit model from the serial numbers on her breast implants.

(The murder was back in August.)

3. Rogue's gallery.

*Previously: Plush mounted heads.

*Buy mounted heads at eBay.

Heavy Metal Krampus (link roundup)

A krampus rocks out by Matt Dixon. Images on his site are available as a prints.

And a few more links:

1. Larry Flynt is suing his nephews for damaging his brand with inferior porn. Via.

2. And in other sad family news, Frank Frazetta's 52-year-old son allegedly used a backhoe to break into a museum and try to steal $90 million worth of paintings by Frazetta. Via.

3. Los Angeles prosecutors charged a man with stealing $25,000 worth of jewelry from Julie Catwoman Newmar's home.

*Previously: Megan Fox as Catwoman desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas ornaments at eBay.

Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer cupcakes (link roundup)

Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer holiday special cupcakes by Marlene.

And a few more links:

1. Los Angeles shelters are flooded with Chihuahuas. Not surprising. In my experience, they're horrible dogs.

2. Sith Last Supper.

3. SciFi bounty hunter.

*Previously: Quatchi cupcakes.

*Buy Abominable Snowman toys at eBay.

Horrifying Christmas short

Graham Annable's latest horror cartoon is Christmas-themed.

*Previously: Principal Skeleton by Annable.

*Buy Star Wars ornaments at eBay.

“How to Make Wonder Christmas”

Japanese store Isetan hired Finnish illustrator Klaus Haapaniemi to design a Christmas campaign. The result is "How to Make Wonder Christmas," a collection of short, wonderfully illustrated fairy tales. The Isetan store features various creatures from the fairy tales, as seen here.

*Previously: SciFi Fairy Tale Art Contest.

*Buy Japanese ornaments at eBay.

All I Want for Christmas cards

Support the charity Young Bristol by buying limited edition All I Want for Christmas cards. The cats are by Lauren Tobia, the turkey is by Rose Sanderson, and there are 18 more designs. Via.

*Previously: Lightsaber turkey carver.

*Buy Star Wars ornaments at eBay.

Jon Stewart on Climategate (link roundup)

Jon Stewart chimes in on Climategate.

And a few more links:

1. The absurd early lionization of Charlie Weis.

2. This Donald Duck riding toy is deeply wrong. (Per the comments, it's at Euro Disney.)

3. Green dahlia cupcakes.

4. Downloadable reindeer mask. Via.

*Previously: Design for a riding toy/working vacuum.

*Buy The New Gold Standard: Charlie Weis and Notre Dame's Rise to Glory at Amazon.