Awesome Christmas

You could have it all, my empire of dirt… in a one-horse open sleigh. There I Ruined It took Johnny Cash’s voice from his cover of Hurt, and set it to the tune of Jingle Bells. Trent Reznor’s lyrics are decidedly darker than those of the cheerful holiday classic, but we’re still adding this one to our Christmas playlist.

Until now, our favorite cover version of You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch was performed by famed baritone Tay Zonday. Now we have a new contender thanks to musician Mac Glocky and his spot-on impression of Damon Albarn’s ever-changing, animated supergroup Gorillaz. Makes a great addition to any Christmas playlist.

Funny, punny Poo-Pourri freshens toilet funk with stink neutralizers. Sugar Toasted Toots toilet spray is a vanilla, coconut and mint-scented toot-tamer that’s destined to be a favorite holiday stocking stuffer. Ditto for the Balsam Bum and Berry & Bright scented Deck The Stalls duo and On the Go set of three minis.

We grew up watching those Rankin/Bass animated holiday specials. Cameron Cortinas has the unique ability to act out the choppy, stop-motion style of classics like Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Celebrate the season with his performances of Put One Foot in Front of the Other and Holly Jolly Christmas.

After a boy with lousy spelling addresses his Christmas letter to Satan instead of Santa, he gets an unexpected holiday visitor. Jack Black plays the devil in this goofball holiday flick from Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the warped minds behind Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary. Satan drops in 11.25.24 on Paramount+ .

Christmas celebrations should be festive, and with that festivity comes music. If you’re looking for something new to add to your holiday playlist, consider Charles Berthoud’s slap-tacular electric bass performance. The arrangement is based on Trans Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24.

It’s nearly Christmas, and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is burrowing its way into ear canals everywhere. Film editor Fabrice Mathieu created this movie mashup in which characters can’t escape Mariah’s ubiquitous song and music video as it takes over every TV on the planet. Find the list of all 40 movies in the YouTube description.

In the midnight hour, I want to wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. DJ Cummerbund has done it again, mashing up Billy Idol’s hit Rebel Yell with José Feliciano’s seasonal classic Feliz Navidad. With special guest appearances by Rob Zombie, Wham!, and Rush, it’s sure to bring joy to your holiday festivities.

Every year, movie studios and TV networks spoon-feed viewers what they hope will be the next Christmas classic. Roger from Honest Ads calls bulls*t on these movies, filled with unrealistic relationships, product placements, and stupid clichés.

(PG-13: Language) “I’ma give you my North Pole like you’re Missus Claus.” MC Spotz, Killah C, Dr. Shellz, and Xzibit bring the cheer with a special Christmas gift that deserves a place on your holiday playlist alongside Dick in a Box. We’re looking forward to carolers singing this tune outside our front door.

Oi! Oi! Deck the halls with boughs of holly! AC/DC and Brenda Lee lock horns, giving us the perfect cure for Mariah Carey’s annual auditory assault. Bill McClintock’s latest mashup deftly blends metal with cheerful mid-century pop, giving us a new classic to add to our Christmas playlist.

Wheatus revisits their 2000 pop-punk hit Teenage Dirtbag with this special holiday edition. Christmas Dirtbag updates the lyrics to be about a kid who doesn’t think he’s getting any presents from Santa. Though, in the animated music video, it’s a dog who feels left out. From the EP Just a Dirtbag Christmas, which also includes a string quartet version.

Decorate your Christmas tree with booze when you pick up these clever cocktail ornaments from Brooklyn’s Love & Victory. The hand-blown glass ornaments come in martini, margarita, Mai Tai, old-fashioned, spritz, Negroni, Bloody Mary, and straight whiskey versions. They also have a web-exclusive set of ice cube ornaments to keep your bar-tree cool.

If retailers can put their Christmas decorations out before Halloween, we can, too. In this silly holiday edit from Auralnauts, Vader pitches the idea of a Life Day (er, Christmas) parade to Palpatine. Set against the snowy backdrop of Hoth, Santa guides his AT-AT reindeer to deliver a load of gifts to the good little Rebels.

We recently got a look at Sean Hodgins’ unique (and dangerous) spinning Christmas tree that creates the impression of a tree using lights and a persistence of vision illusion. After fans asked him if it could be programmed to play DOOM, he posted this video demonstrating the tree’s ability to be used as a gaming display.

Most of us celebrated Christmas with a real tree or a store-bought fake one. Sean Hodgins made his tree out of light. He created the electronic tree using a triangular bar rigged with LEDs that spins at high speed to create the illusion. It looks amazing, but it’s dangerous enough that he stands behind a blast shield to use it.