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Merry Christmas! Now go burn some stuff…

From Wikipedia:
The first mention of the Yule log in the British Isles is a written account by the clergyman Robert Herrick, from the 1620s or 1630s. Herrick called the tradition a “Christmas log” and said that it was brought into the farmhouse by a group of males, who [...] Read more »

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From “The Gingerdead Man” to “Evil Dead” Christmas comics, it’s been far too easy to find five days of holiday weirdness. Now, for Day Six, I bring you the gift of song (or something resembling song):
Twisted Sister: Oh Come All Ye Faithful

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So… some of you might know that I get paid to write about comics and the comic book industry. Yes, some of you might be well aware of the fact that covering comics is actually my job. I know — it amazes me sometimes, too.
What you might not know is that the holiday season is [...] Read more »

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Yesterday was murderous holiday cookies possessed by the soul of Gary Busey, and today is, well… It’s hard to follow up Gary Busey with anything, really, but I hope this will suffice. In this round of Holiday Weirdness, I give you the successor to murderous holiday cookies: a Genocidal Christmas Tree.
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Every year, when the first flakes of snow appear outside my window and the smell of pine begins to offer up a much-appreciated counterpoint to the everyday scents of city streets and crowded office buildings, and multicolored lights begin to find their way to lampposts and door frames everywhere I turn, I can’t help but [...] Read more »

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