santa claus USPS Operation Santa program lets people respond to kids' Santa letters with gifts Rusty Blazenhoff

hip hop Hip-hop septuagenarians Pete & Bas know how to party on Christmas Rusty Blazenhoff

television Watch the trailer for the forthcoming Last of Us TV series, based on the hit video game Mark Frauenfelder

movies These holiday themed commercials for The Blair Witch Project will surely get you in the spirit Popkin

animation Tim Luecke and Stephen Colbert's "A Conspiracy Carol" Gareth Branwyn

jimmy kimmel Watch "Zuck on a Truck" push out "Elf on the Shelf" in this creepy algorithm parody ad Carla Sinclair

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

booze These festive cocktails will kick your holiday celebrations up a notch Séamus Bellamy

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

happy mutants David Silverberg's "Terms and Conditionals": the things you just agreed to David Silverberg

christmas Quirky holiday-themed award ribbons for grownups Rusty Blazenhoff

travel Overtourism: the plague affecting the world's most interesting places Andrea James

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History Haunting a Tiny House with Lady Delaney Richard Kaufman

Business Lifelock anti-identity theft service helped man stalk his ex-wife Cory Doctorow

Tom The Dancing Bug Have a Very Merry N.R.A. Christmas! Ruben Bolling

Obama on hack: "Sony made a mistake" in killing 'The Interview' Xeni Jardin

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing