Christmas...The Way We Were

Some Christmas photos from back in the day...

Hottest Christmas Gift in Detroit

Inner city matchboxes...

Chopping Down a Christmas Tree...With a Shotgun

This same guy has, in the past, carved a jack-o-lantern with a Glock.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Readers are sending their cards...

h/t GWP

I Laugh

but it's closer to the truth than it should be.

Obamas Break Their Own "Steadfast" Rule By Giving Their Children Christmas Presents

Last summer we reported about a magazine interview of Barack and Michelle Obama in which they stated that it was a "steadfast" rule of theirs not to give Christmas presents to their children.

In a magazine interview Obama and his wife Michelle revealed that one of their steadfast house rules is not giving Christmas or birthday presents to Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.

The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.

Yet yesterday there was this curious excerpt from the Los Angeles Times:

Obama and his family planned to spend their Christmas holiday mostly out of sight, an accomplishment given the high-profile nature of his two-year marathon to win the presidency.

Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters opened presents earlier Thursday and planned their own dinner of turkey and ham, aides said.

Ok. So one of two things is going on here. Either the Obamas are breaking a "steadfast" rule of not giving Christmas parents to their children, or Obama's aides and/or the Los Angeles Times has no idea what the Obamas did for Christmas and simply made up a nice story to sell to the public. Neither scenario seems all that great. On one hand you have the Obamas once again showing a complete lack of consistency or principle, and on the other hand you have the media, once again, pandering to the Obama fantasy and completely failing to do their job.

Hedon Obama Doesn't Attend Christmas Church Service

This guy is a piece of work. His failure to attend church since being elected is already well documented. But to not even find time to attend on Christmas day?

Obama and his family planned to spend their Christmas holiday mostly out of sight, an accomplishment given the high-profile nature of his two-year marathon to win the presidency.

Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters opened presents earlier Thursday and planned their own dinner of turkey and ham, aides said.

Their Christmas did not include attending church. "The president-elect didn't want to disrupt a church community on Christmas with the burdens that come with a presidential visit," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Thursday.

As if any church would have minded if a man sought to worship on Christmas day. He seems to have no problem finding time to go to the gym. But he can't find it in his schedule to go to worship.

Children's Books Use Christmas to Push Global Warming Agenda

They'll stop at nothing.

Global warming alarmists, picking up where the Grinch left off, are trying to steal Christmas, some critics say. From children's books to school plays, the climate change crowd is dreaming of a green Christmas, angering opponents who say 'tis NOT the season to be preachy.

The children's book "Santa Goes Green" by Anne Margaret Lewis tells how a young boy named Finn gets Santa to leave the North Pole to help him track down Leopold, a polar bear he has adopted, because the sea ice is melting and Leopold's home is in danger.

“You see, it’s like this Santa,” Finn tells Santa in the book. “I’ve adopted a polar bear named Leopold. He is in danger of losing his home. I’m sure you being in the North Pole you know about the melting glaciers. All I want this year Santa, is to save Leopold and his home.”

Santa is so inspired by his visit to the polar bear that he decides to re-use last year's wrapping paper, recycle toys and start using wind to generate power for his toy shop.

The book ends with a note from Santa urging kids to send him notes on how to take care of the planet.

A musical, "Santa Goes Green," for children in grades 4 through 8, also made its debut this year. The 40-minute production features seven songs.

Song titles include: "Recycle the Fruitcake," "The Greenhouse Effect" and "Turn Off The Pump (And Plug In The Sleigh.)"

Merry Christmas!

Santa's Workshop -- The Animation

Santa Tracker

Follow Santa in real time.

Find it here.

Oh Snap! You Got Christmas Punked - Boy Gets an XBox 360 Box Full of Clothes

Actually, this is downright stone cold. The boy thinks he's getting an Xbox 360 but instead gets a box full of clothes. And then his family posts the video on youtube.

Santa Claus Bailout Hearing

Why not?

Merry Christmas! -- 80 Years of Popular Science Back Issues Now on the Internet

This has to be good for something.

Read them here.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

He is you know?

Santa's Elf gets DWI

Once again Minnesota proves itself so utterly uncool.

Bing Meets Bowie

Always liked this one.

The Obamas Now Included in the Nativity Scene...Right Next to Baby Jesus

Sure, I guess with all their good works, they deserve it.

They hailed him as the Messiah and said his election was a miracle, but now Barack Obama has made it into the Holy Family to appear in the Nativity scene alongside Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus.

Hand-carved figures of Mr Obama and his wife Michelle are on sale in a Naples Christmas market with the rest of the Nativity set regulars.

Here's a video of the Italian lunacy:

I've Been Waiting All Year for This -- Merry Christmas

Oh, I'm so sorry. Here, let me make it up to you.

IF ELECTED, OBAMA WILL KILL SANTA CLAUS

He's just so darn progressive and enlightened.

In a magazine interview Obama and his wife Michelle revealed that one of their steadfast house rules is not giving Christmas or birthday presents to Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.

The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.

What the hell kind of logic is this? You stiff your kids at Christmas because you can't control your spending on them during the rest of the year? Sounds like you and the other wonder twin are the ones that need to learn lessons about spending. And Santa Claus delivers "seasonal gifts"? Who the hell runs around telling their kids that Santa dropped off a new bike in July? Read between the lines people. This man celebrates Kwanza. He just doesn't want to admit it.