Wednesday Night Update

Song of the Day

Nadia Ackerman - What is Christmas

(discovered via stackolee at IMWAN)

Listen: MOG, Napster  Preview/Buy at Amazon

Thanksgiving

Turkey with Riesling, Sauerkraut, and Pork Sausages @ Saveur

Serious Eats

• The Best (Bubbly) Wines for Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Sides: Green Beans
• Fried Turkey Disasters (Video)

Fall Fest: Root Veggie Sides to Try @ Food Network

Vintage Thanksgiving Clip Art - Mums - Placecard @ The Graphics Fairy

Christmas

Absurd Santa Drawing Contest @ 77 Santas


The Sounds of Christmas Vol.2 reviewed @ Stubbys House of Christmas

Talent Announced for NBC's 13th Annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" Special on November 30 @ The Futon Critic

Merry Maymas

1949 Chesterfield (by vintageadvertisements)

Okay, I think I've gotten over my yuletide burn-out and ready to sled back into the holiday spirit...

The Internet Archive has recently added a number of historic early holiday themed films to its enormous collection of public domain goodness:

The Night Before Christmas (1905)

A Winter Straw Ride (1906)

A Christmas Carol (1910)

Making Christmas Crackers (1910)

A Christmas Accident (1912)

The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus (1914)

Christmas Eve afternoon update

Away in a manger... (by partymonstrrrr)

Nutcracker Variations @ bongobells

Christmas In The World of Wonder: Christmas Mix #4

Merry Shellacmas, Part 2! @ MY(P)WHAE

Escuchad, Los Ángeles Cantan by Waldo De Los Rios @ FaLaLaLaLa

Plastic Pumpkins:
Greetings From The '70's! Part One: The Man With The Bag
Greetings From The '70's! Part Two: The Road Before Us
Electric (Company) Christmas

The Night Before Christmas @ Telltale

Cool-Mo-Dee shares Woody Woodpecker's Christmas Parade

Will Elder's "The Night Before Christmas" from Panic #1 @ Fortress of Fortitude

Hairy Green Eyeball has some Rudolph from 1953

Christmas Comics Cover Countdown Day 24!@ Random Acts of Geekery

The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978)@ CWBiH

Franklin Mint Blog basks in the glow of The WPIX Yule Log

The Five Worst Holiday Films @ Film.com


(Crossposts from Monster Rally)

Kindertrauma remembers The Bumble Snow Monster

Christmas in the Stars - if you must @ Black Hole DVD Review

The Lovecraftian Horror of Potterville (and here) @ Chris Perridas

Stacie Ponder @ Horror Hacker: - O Christmas Tree: A Tribute to Triffids, The Ruins Vines, and the Preachy Plants of The Happening

a PEEK in Santa's PACK! (Jul, 1947) @ Modern Mechanix

Elvira's Christmas Carol @ Monster Memories

Arbogast on Film: Random Acts of Christmas No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Saturday Evening Elf Break

17 Seconds counts down to Christmas with The Fall

A Christmas Yuleblog shares Christmas Veterans Administration Hospital Program albums of 1953. 1954 and 1965

Check out bongobells "Eclectic Electric Christmas"

Dartman's World of Wonder presents T. Rex-Mas

It's Holiday Hash 4 @ Guilt Free Pleasures

Ernie (Not Bert)'s got the stereo version of the wonderful The Pete King Chorale And Orchestra-Christmas Time album plus Hanna-Barbera Present Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Singing Songs Of Christmas and a bunch of cool re-shares from Christmas sharity past.

"Love Came Down at Christmas," Jars of Clay Free @ Amazon

Indie rockers spread Christmas cheer @ Reuters

Christmas Yoda @ Geek Orthodox

Free Vintage Christmas Cards: Baby Jesus and Nativity Scenes

festive flickr: I'm sending Chesterfields to all my friends for Christmas! (by SA_Steve)

I'm sending Chesterfields to all my friends for Christmas! (by SA_Steve)

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Unknown522.jpg (by leifpeng)

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3D Card (by eclectic gipsyland)

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US-227765 (by RegRpostcards)