Turducken Posts: There are just over 1,000 posts on
turducken but one of the better posts was posted back in November by
Blog d'Elisson: "It's not something I would eat every year, and the turducken certainly is no replacement for the traditional Thanksgiving gobbler. But it's an offbeat, if somewhat pricey, treat, one that I would happily serve to Roxanne if only to show her that it's not bad at all."
Mice make inexpensive stocking stuffers and there are many designs and styles.
Nick Starr notes that candles (white) appear on Google (near the ads on the right) when you search Hanukkah and candy canes appear when you search Christmas. Green, red and black candles appear when you search Kwanzaa.
Sprittibee blogs about gingerbread people that didn't make it: "My domestic side, while getting a fierce work-out lately because of our zero-eating-out-budget, has truly been bruised. Last night, we ended up with ginger snaps instead of gingerbread people to decorate. The kids got a belly-laugh when we pulled them out of the oven in a tray full of little flat crispy puddles."
The doctor is not in. Cory Doctorow takes a holiday from Boing Boing but just until January.
Don't get stress out this holiday season: Coping with holiday stress.
Christmas comes everyday for Mr. Christmas. "It all started about 10 years ago
when I was feeling a little bit sad. I decided to go home and put up my
Christmas decorations, cook myself a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings,
have a glass or two of sherry and treat myself to a little pressie!!! This made me feel much happier, and from then on I decided to have Christmas everyday of the year!!!" (Via J-Walk Blog)
Rarefied provides the rules of christmas decorations
Ho Ho Hum from Existential Dread: "Is it me, or does this holiday season seem particularly less merry and just plain cold? I can not seem to warm up -- to the spirit, to the decorations, to the bonhomie... or to room temperature."
