theshinyboogie:

“The boy who shopped and shopped and eventually found the perfect Christmas present for his mother”

Cartoon by H.T. Webster, December 1948

We aren’t going to be long-lined about this
Or the poetic equivalent of dramatic
And it’s Tumblr that capitalizes the first letter
Of every line, I want to make that clear

It’s the “holidays” (read: Christmas with respectful, deferential exceptions if you’ve got your own other thing
But it’s Christmas that’s ubiquitous and uquittably the baseline
Like grass or asphalt)

So what that means is you miss someone
Or you’re with someone you would miss if you weren’t
But if so then you are probably at
Each other’s throats
Because that’s the way it often so often works
(where “works” is in quotes implied because
it is dysfunctional as they come)
You might be better missing them

Give it a human break if you can
Remember
To

Because this is how expectations
Own us. Humans. Never shall it be
All that we might hope it.
Hope is perfect as no night can ever be

The exchange of money for
Goods is always handy. And never adequate.

This occurs to me on the road.
Families proximate
Love practically set aside for logistics in raising
Rituals enshrined in catalogs
To a most intimate group choreography
Carving
Stocking
Presents
Joy(?)

Just another night.
Best to
Make it a
Good one on its
Own not some
Commercial epic.

Mikl-em, 2012.12.24.
Top of mind, riding in the Mazda 3

hollyhocksandtulips:

An aluminum Christmas!

A hometown company for me, based in Richmond, VA. Like Phillip Morris, AH Robins, and the late Circuit City.

madameerica:

The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society wishes all their followers a Merry Christmas

PCASUK

right on.

donnalethal:

With a rebel ho-ho-ho, I yelled no, no, NO!

oh my.

(via mudwerks)

More great holiday fun on the very small stage of The Dark Room in San Francisco’s Merry Mission district: “Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!” not to be missed! via oftenon:

Hey, uh, do you guys like kid-friendly Christmas plays featuring characters wearing handmade dresses (pink dress by yours truly)? Then come see Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! playing at the Dark Room Theater at 8pm for the next two weekends.

Note: Lucy’s eyes are luminous on stage, but not in the same way as in this photo.

Okay, can’t resist. Here’s a quick Christmas hangover for you. Hope it’s all going well for you betwixt holidays. Via nationalpost:

David Warren, who has been playing Santa for the past ten years, holds the clearly freaked-out seven-month-old Olivia Ruch at Santa’s Grotto in Selfridges department store in London, Dec 7, 2011. (Suzanne Plunkett /Reuters)

My latest post for Laughingsquid is about the dark, strange, funny and all-around amazing Finnish Christmas film Rare Exports. It’s an angry, hungry Santa. And elves? You don’t want to know about elves. For fans of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and the Korean film “The Host”. Really cool.

My latest post on Laughingsquid is about the feces-related Christmas traditions of Catalonia. Strange. And true. Check it out!

more silly seasonal stuff from archiemcphee: Lucasfilm Christmas cards over the years…

How to be a Retronaut has assembled an awesome collection of Lucasfilm Christmas cards from 1977-2010. Here you see 1977, 1995, 2010, and 1996.

If you like these as much as we do, be sure to check out the rest!