capybara Someone sent me a surprise capybara in the mail! Jennifer Sandlin

Pee-Wee Herman The Ventures mashed up "Frosty the Snowman" and "Tequila" for Christmas in 1965 Rusty Blazenhoff

twitter Twitter cleaners fired without severance pay, just in time for Christmas Rob Beschizza

santa Sorry kids, there's a Santa shortage Annie Rauwerda

film The world's first Christmas movie is a silent one made in 1898 Rusty Blazenhoff

movies Every Booby Trap in 'Home Alone', the flipbook (GENIUS) Xeni Jardin

christmas Behold the Hipster Nativity Set Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets A laptop hub that multitasks as much as you for just $56.97 Boing Boing's Shop

Disney Families go broke for Disneyland: Are magical memories worth the financial misery? Yoy Luadha

Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers sings "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" David Pescovitz

advertising Musician re-creates classic"Christmas Bells" commercial using chocolate Kisses and a circuit board Jennifer Sandlin

schools Public school board president calls for"holiday break" to be named "Christmas break" David Pescovitz

music Billie Eilish plays stunning rendition of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (video) David Pescovitz

cybertruck Cybertruck gets cyberstuck (video) Mark Frauenfelder

intelligence Finland declassifies its long-secret intelligence report on JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald Rob Beschizza

News KMart pulls "Merry Ham-mas" gift bag David Pescovitz

video Videos to teleport back in time Popkin

music Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto dead at 71 Rob Beschizza

The Muppets Pepe the King Prawn wrote a book Jennifer Sandlin