Culture Catalonia's Christmas tradition involves beating a log until it poops candy Ellsworth Toohey

books Seth's pocket-sized ghost stories are bringing Victorian chills back for Christmas Mark Frauenfelder

drugs Santa Claus was actually a psychedelic mushroom Allan Rose Hill

Entertainment Scandinavia's top Christmas Eve show is a 1958 Disney cartoon special Ruben Bolling

religion Street preacher in Grinch costume holds "Santa is fake" sign outside elementary school (video) David Pescovitz

music Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto dead at 71 Rob Beschizza

whales King Charles, breaking from tradition, will not be slathered with whale intestines and civet secretions Thom Dunn

Japan International Christmas traditions Grant St. Clair

christmas In search of a more "Bible accurate" Christmas Gareth Branwyn

toys The life and times of KB Toys Devin Nealy

Boing Boing Gadgets Elfi can send your child a personalized video from Santa in less than 6 hours Boing Boing's Shop

fox news A Brief History of the War on Christmas Thom Dunn

christmas Here comes Santa Claus… in a face mask, the ornament Rusty Blazenhoff

History Santa Claus is a psychedelic mushroom David Pescovitz

santa claus A Krampus Carol to remind you of why rotten kids should be wary this season Séamus Bellamy

Boing Boing Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

christmas Babes in Toyland's Maureen Herman's most memorable Christmases Maureen Herman

Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour

gift guide 2015 Star Wars LEGO Advent calendar Jason Weisberger

Games Kate Milford's Greenglass House: lyrical, tense YA mystery Cory Doctorow