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Tacky Nativity Scenes 2: The Kitsch that Stole Christmas

Welcome back to our annual celebration of Kitschmas! Today’s theme is: Nativity scenes made of things that should not be used to make Nativity scenes. Brace yourselves….   You never sausage a nativity! It’s made of bacon, yet it’s still in bad taste! (Sorry. I know that jokes that bad aren’t kosher.)   What child [...]

 
Return of the Christian Album Covers!

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the thrift store…. They’re back!  Yes, you remember those hilariously horrible old Christian album covers I found in one of my old silly posts? Unbelievably tacky pictures from a bygone era of people who were trying to be really cool, and failing dismally, and thinking they succeeded? [...]

 
Best. Paper. Ever.

Our sources assure us that this study was published in a peer-reviewed journal. Certainly the research appears to have been exhaustive. Or exhausting.   Tip-o'-the-hat to Grasping Reality with Both Hands.  

 
Some Good Advice

From Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men: Miss Tick sniffed. "You could say this advice is priceless," she said. "Are you listening?" "Yes," said Tiffany. "Good. Now…if you trust in yourself…" "Yes?" "…and believe in your dreams…" "Yes?" "…and follow your star…" Miss Tick went on. "Yes?" "…you'll still get beaten by people who spent [...]

 
Well, That Answers That...

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Not Exactly "Der Götterdämmerung," But...

…I fear that (not to name any names) the recent fad of popular books and movies about Teenage Mopey Angsty Vampires may signal a twilight of art appreciation. It will be many a new moon before the works of great composers like Grieg will eclipse them in popularity again. But I’m an optimist at heart, [...]

 
Rudolph's Revenge: A Fractured Christmas Fable

* * * * * * * * “Yes,” my visitor told me, glowering over the steam of his warm Christmas toddy.  “The whole thing was the fault of the reindeer.” “Reindeer?”  I said. “You know: Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donder and Blitzen.  But it’s amazing how many people don’t [...]

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