In Teen Mom 2‘s belated Christmas episode, there was plenty to be uncomfortable about: Chelsea‘s parents barred Adam from their homes despite him getting a “real” job; Jenelle whined about Kieffer being in jail and continued to ignore Jace; I’m convinced that Leah and Corey are living in denial… Oh, but Kailyn actually reconciled with Jo‘s mom, so there’s still hope for a Christmas miracle. More »
Christmas is a time to get together with family and show them your love. Unless they got you the wrong color cell phone.Then it’s time to knock them out with a ceramic reindeer.
Jon Hendren of Somethingawful.com (twitter handle @fart) wadded through some of the more ungrateful Christmas tweets and re-tweeted some of the most depressing. More »
Hey, it’s a good thing that whole basketball lock-out situation got resolved so we can see who spent their Christmas day watching Kobe play at the Staples Center. While you were off listening to your grandma’s story about running out of paper towels, folks like Kanye West and Adam Levine were sitting courtside. Do you think the concession stand served eggnog? More »
Maybe by today you’ve sat through Home Alone, several showings of Elf, half a day of A Christmas Story, and even all three holiday Community episodes, but you still feel the need for some Christmas viewing. More »
If you want a Christmas-y horror movie, there are a lot to choose from Santa’s Slay to Black Christmas. But even if you stick to the kid-friendly flicks of your childhood, you might end up watching something bleaker than you remember. Cheery holiday tunes will mix in with dead dolls and a late Santa, and you’ll wonder how you could have missed all the dark undertones when you had to fit in Home Alone before bedtime. More »
Here are 6 gifts that run the gamut from cool and useful to a unique candy the recipient won’t find anywhere else to something original no one but you can give. Now get cracking, since Christmas Eve is almost upon us! More »
Chances are you’ll see one of these movies over Christmas break—so what does it say about you if your choice is the gory revenge-on-men thriller or the 9/11 sob story? More »
There are certain things that I never need to see, despite any explanations, and one of them is a pantless Santa Claus! What are you thinking, Heidi Klum? Heidi tweeted this photo along with the caption, “Mrs. Claus going to work.”
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Ho ho ho and, um, meow meow meow. Christmas is but two days away! Here’s something to tide you over until Santa arrives down the chimney with a bag full of gifts: it’s a gallery of cats wearing tiny Christmas sweaters! Happy holidays from these guys. More »
Here’s a list of the most oddly specific gift-of-the-month clubs we could find on Etsy and elsewhere, from nail polish rings to “forbidden foods” to panties. More »
Are you so totally charmed by this? A man in Dublin, Ireland was cleaning his fireplace when he found this letter to Santa written in 1911 by two kids, brother Fred and sister Hannah. More »
When you think of Christmas songs, do you ever think of Katy Perry‘s “Firework”? We sure don’t, but this video is amazing anyway. It’s an incredible light display filled with mini Christmas trees and bright blue snowflakes, set to the tune of Katy’s anthem. More »
Too put-off by the angry hordes of people out at the mall doing their last minute Christmas shopping? It’s not too late to order some stuff online, and to make it look like you really, really care. We’ve scoured Etsy for some great super-personal-seeming gifts for your friends and family. More »
The following is a guest post from our friends at Luckymag.com.
While holiday shopping may not require black magic, we thought it was fitting to ask The Secret Circle‘s leading ladies to offer up some gift tricks, particularly when it comes to picking Secret Santa presents. After all, not all witchery is supernatural—some is learned. More »
Not you too, Hunter Parrish! Between Matthew Gray Gubler and this, I think I might die of festive handsomeness today. The Weeds cutie was recently snapped wearing an elf hat as he arrived at Broadway’s Circle In The Square theater, where he’s currently appearing in a production of Godspell as…wait for it…Jesus. And there’s video! More »
Yay for Ryan Gosling not just being a meme but actively starring in a Funny Or Die video! And Drunk History Christmas, no less–Ryan plays the man who awakens to find Santa Claus in his living room in this drunken retelling of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” More »
It’s that time of year again, when celebrities like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber – not to mention Cee Lo Green and Snoop Dogg – ironically don awful Christmas sweaters for themed parties or just because they can. (Seriously, you’ll be scandalized to hear how much Biebs paid for his.) More »
Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson‘s Christmas card(s) is pretty much the polar opposite of the Kardashians‘. Instead of icy blue and cold stares, we get bright red and inappropriate jolliness. That’s Doug inside that Santa suit, and that’s a child sitting on his lap.
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Merry Christmas, from a Dentyne Ice ad. More »