This video of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles performing their holiday-themed “Malibu Monks” skit was getting passed around all weekend, so it seemed like a good finale for the last few days’ run of Christmas posts. Make sure to watch the sign-language interpreter in the early moments of the skit, then marvel at [...]

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On the subject of Christmas songs (see last post), this is my favorite of the bunch. It’s “Snoopy’s Christmas” by The Royal Guardsmen, and it hit the charts in 1967. This video for the song was created by a YouTube user, using clips from “The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

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Sorry for the coarse language on this one, folks — but sometimes you feel so strongly about something that the message demands powerful words. That’s the way I feel about this holiday classic for the modern online video age. Seriously, I think this may be my favorite Christmas song written in the last few years. [...]

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Terry Gilliam, the director of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and many, many other films I love, made the following animated segment in 1968 for the “Do Not Adjust Your Set” television series. The animated short is titled “The Christmas Card,” and it’s just the sort of thing you’d expect from a member of [...]

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Post-production company Splice Here created this short video as their 2011 holiday card, and it’s just the right mix of humor and sci-fi fun. (via laughing squid)

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It’s Christmas weekend, after all… (via laughing squid)

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