Awesome Christmas

We already have Die Hard on our annual Christmas viewing list, but if you don’t, this official trailer that 20th Century Fox just dropped should convince you that it belongs there, right alongside A Christmas Story, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Elf.

Mondo worked with artist Florian Bertmer to make this highly detailed tiki mug featuring the Christmas devil. The handmade Krampus mug has a wiped red glaze on white finish and holds up to 16oz of drinks. Or coal.

Colin Furze’s Christmas project is simple by his standards, but we imagine it still must have involved quite the conversation between him and his family. He felled a 26 foot-tall tree, chopped it into three pieces and made it look like it was sticking out his house.

Switch things up for the holidays by displaying Treetopia’s Knocked Upside-down Christmas Tree. Not only does it look funny, it also takes up less floor space so you can fit it even in small rooms. It comes with 500 clear lights, a stand, a foot switch and extra bulbs and fuses.

Like their dinner plates, Calamityware’s porcelain ornaments feature tiny towns experiencing big disasters, from volcanoes, to sea monsters, to giant robot attacks. Sold in series of four images, each 3.75″ ornament has the same design front and back.

After its release in 2003, Elf quickly became a modern Christmas classic. Screen Junkies pays tribute to Will Ferrell’s perfect performance as Buddy the Elf in their holiday Honest Trailer, and asks us to give thanks that Jim Carrey turned down the role.

What better gift to give a LEGO fan than an official and limited edition LEGO gift box? This collectible set was originally given away to customers who purchased sets at LEGO stores. It contains a living room with two minifigs, a fireplace, a chair, and a toy train.

This year’s heartstring-puller from UK retailer John Lewis & Partners tells the reverse-chronological story of music legend Elton John, and the importance of a single gift that defined his life. Super Bowl commercial makers, this is how you do it.

Gift Wrap My Face lets you add an extra touch to your gifts by making personalized gift wraps. Choose from its many gift wrap designs then upload a picture to add to the template. Despite the service’s name, the pic you add doesn’t have to be of your face!

Since it’s Christmas let’s be glad! Even if the year’s been bad! Asthmatic Kitty Records is releasing all of Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas – a collection of Christmas song covers as well as original songs. There is also a vinyl set, but it’s already sold out.

Brighten your tree this coming holiday season with this set of six officially-licensed ornaments based on characters from Star Wars Episode IV. The set of 3″ dia. tin baubles includes cartoon images of R2-D2, C-3PO, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia.

Merchoid has revealed its latest line of ugly Christmas sweaters. Early shoppers can get their hands on limited edition and licensed sweaters from Star Wars, DC Comics, Marvel and various video game and movie franchises such as The Legend of Zelda and The Lion King.

We’re not sure from whence this album came from, but we’re 99.999% certain it wasn’t performed by Daft Punk themselves. Still, this mysteriously posted compilation of holiday tunes done in the style of the robots is pretty damned entertaining.

(PG-13: Language) Impressionist Scheiffer Bates reading of the classic poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, done in the style of everyone from Peter Griffin to Rick Grimes to Gilbert Gottfried. Most of the impressions are pretty solid, though his Obama sounded like Meatwad to us.

(PG-13: Language) A girl mistakenly addresses her letter to the Lord of Hell instead of to Santa Claus. Anomaly London presents a silly and endearing (anti) Christmas story narrated by none other than Sir Patrick Stewart.

It might seem like an odd combination, but Star Wars fever and Christmas are both upon us, so Nathan Mills‘ medley sorta makes sense. Sit back and enjoy a beautiful guitar performance of classics like Little Drummer Boy, Imperial March, and Silent Night, all rolled into one.

We’ve always heard that it’s important to keep your Christmas tree watered, as it’s a safety risk. If you had any doubt why, just watch this brief video from the NIST to see exactly why watering could save your life. A watered tree also drops fewer needles for you to step on.

You will get a sentimental feeling… when you hear… Frog Leap singing ‘let’s be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly.’ Enjoy a holiday treat from Leo Moracchioli, as he turns in a tough-as-nails rendition of the 1960 Brenda Lee classic Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.

Christmas time can be depressing for some people. To offer an appropriate complement to these dark days, musician Chase Holfelder rearranged holiday classics into sad songs by flipping them into a minor key. All we want for Christmas is to drown our sorrows in eggnog.

LEGO master Sariel believes Santa Claus knows about climate change. So he made St. Nick an amphibious sleigh with the help of a thematic part – LEGO Christmas baubles. They’re not completely airtight, but they work well enough as wheels both on ground and in water.

We were looking for some tunes to add to our holiday playlist, when we came across this little gem that dates back to 2009. Sit back and enjoy an extraordinarily baritone cover of Dr. Seuss’ You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, as performed by the man behind Chocolate Rain.

(PG-13: Language) Podcasters Cox n’ Crendor share their favorite new way to celebrate the holidays. Tió de Nadal, a ridiculous Catalan tradition in which people care for a log like a pet, and hope that it poops out presents on Christmas. We couldn’t make this sh*t up.

The guys at Switzerland’s Dynamic Test Center perform crash testing on vehicles to help gauge and improve their safety. For the holidays, they gave their crash test dummies the day off and presented them with some toys to play with. Then they took them away and smashed them.