Please to enjoy this animated Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. video and remember to behave or Krampus might pay you a visit!
-Larissa Mrykalo
Showing posts with label Santa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa. Show all posts
'A Krampus Carol' By Anthony Bourdain Is Devilishly Good
Please to enjoy this animated Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. video and remember to behave or Krampus might pay you a visit!
-Larissa Mrykalo
Jesus and Santa BFF Selfie T-Shirt ... On Sale at TShirtBordello.com!
As of midnight TONIGHT, the "Jesus and Santa BBF Selfie" tee will be offered for $10 for 24 hours but will remain available afterwards for the regular price of $14.99. Perfect for those holiday parties! They offer several more geektastic tees on their site so keep them in mind for your holiday shopping!
-Larissa Mrykalo
'Silent Night, Deadly Night' Returning to Theaters in December
From our pals over at Fangoria:
FANGORIA, together with Screenvision and Brainstorm Media, are thrilled to announce the re-release of the controversial, ultra-bloody anti-Holiday slasher favorite "Silent Night, Deadly Night," opening wide across the country in theaters everywhere!
Released in 1984 to outrage and parental paranoia, director Charles Sellier’s killer Kris Kringle creeper tells the tale of a tot who, on Christmas Eve 1974, sees mommy kissing Santa’s axe as a lunatic invades their home and murders his family. Growing up in an abusive Catholic orphanage, the poor put-upon lad grows up to be a similar psycho in a Santa suit and goes on a bloody rampage. The film will be fully uncut and re-mastered, better to see every inch of those deer antlers penetrate poor Linnea Quigley’s breastplate.
Silent Night, Deadly Night" will open on December 4th and show through December 17th. Head on over to FANGORIASCREEN.com for listings of specific theater locations and to purchase your tickets.
Don't be naughty and miss out!
Check out the trailer below...
-Nowal Massari
Santa Claus: An icon for Geek-mas
Tis the season to be jolly with friends who are dear to us gathered near to us sharing figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer, spreading joy to the world and god bless us everyone, thank you very much.
But December is also a time for observance, a time when we prepare for, and celebrate the annual arrival of a symbol that has changed us all. No, not Jesus; I’m talking about the other symbol that shares top billing this time of year: Santa Claus.
Santa is as important to the holiday season as anything else, and this is actually a great thing. Now, before you get out your pen of indignation and write a hate letter on incensed stationary, let me explain. Every year, the grumblings begin that the Santa character detracts from the true meaning of the season. It is a tiring complaint because, for those who attach strong religious beliefs to Christmas, Santa can’t really take away from the holiday’s significance. If anything, Father Christmas can reinforce it amongst Christians.
Christmas: A supernatural season of mainstream belief
BY AARON SAGERS
The fog is thick in the graveyard, enveloping headstones and trees like a foreboding, gray Snuggie. The old man, tired and afraid - and still in his nightgown and cap after a long night of reminisces and travel – protests, pleads and negotiates with the silent escort clad in a black robe and hood. A lone phantasmal finger extends from the faceless escort and points to one particular, neglected grave with the man’s own name upon it.
“No, Spirit!” he cries. “Spirit, hear me! I am not the man I was.” Still, the finger points, as if signaling the old man to enter the grave he dug with his selfishness.
Of course the brief scene described above is from Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, “A Christmas Carol.” The tale of a miser who meets with four ghosts - and picks up tips about living charitably from the inhuman entities of Christmases Past, Present and Yet-To-Come - so impacted society that it helped re-shape how Western culture celebrates the holiday with generosity, family gatherings, parties and lots of food and booze.
So move over, Halloween, because with all its ghosts and monsters Christmas is the better supernatural season.
Whereas October clearly revolves around the world of the unexplained and mysterious, it is largely just used as an excuse to play dress up and enjoy some cheap thrills. Children celebrate it and but are told the ghouls are just people in rubber masks; adults goof on common fears and superstitions with slutty/silly/scary costume parties or trips to haunted attractions.
Conversely, Christmas is a source of joy and jubilation. Belief is mainstream, and skepticism is actually considered crass (especially around kids). Even many of the most secular holiday celebrants admit to picking up on the ambient magic of the season populated with ghosts, spirits, cryptids, elves, psychics and sorcery. We even sing carols, along with Andy Williams, about December being the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” where we celebrate “scary ghost stories.”
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| The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come 1843 John Leech illo. |
“No, Spirit!” he cries. “Spirit, hear me! I am not the man I was.” Still, the finger points, as if signaling the old man to enter the grave he dug with his selfishness.
Of course the brief scene described above is from Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, “A Christmas Carol.” The tale of a miser who meets with four ghosts - and picks up tips about living charitably from the inhuman entities of Christmases Past, Present and Yet-To-Come - so impacted society that it helped re-shape how Western culture celebrates the holiday with generosity, family gatherings, parties and lots of food and booze.
So move over, Halloween, because with all its ghosts and monsters Christmas is the better supernatural season.
Whereas October clearly revolves around the world of the unexplained and mysterious, it is largely just used as an excuse to play dress up and enjoy some cheap thrills. Children celebrate it and but are told the ghouls are just people in rubber masks; adults goof on common fears and superstitions with slutty/silly/scary costume parties or trips to haunted attractions.
Conversely, Christmas is a source of joy and jubilation. Belief is mainstream, and skepticism is actually considered crass (especially around kids). Even many of the most secular holiday celebrants admit to picking up on the ambient magic of the season populated with ghosts, spirits, cryptids, elves, psychics and sorcery. We even sing carols, along with Andy Williams, about December being the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” where we celebrate “scary ghost stories.”