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By: Chris Wood

Chris Wood — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:05:27 +0000

Great tip on the headphones. As for Constipated Santa, everyone needs to think of awkward bowel movements at the Festive time, to remember those less fortunate.

Great post!

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:49:24 +0000

Hey, Constipated Santa always goes FRONT AND CENTER.

Jake, I don’t know what you’re trying in the bathroom with headphones. Count me out.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:33:00 +0000

As Chuck’s wife, I’ve been vying for headless Barbie for the last couple years, but she just hasn’t made it to us yet. Maybe this year’s the year.

My family has a lot of ridiculous ornaments– a styrofoam ball covered in fabric that my brother stuck a hook in and made an ornament, a photocopied picture of me at 20 (making a pretty creepy face) mounted on construction paper, and one in particular that is an “angel” with matted doll hair and the same basic construction as a squeaky toy. As we got older, Mom kept putting them around back and we kept moving them around to the front until she gave up and now has her very own tree in the front hall that she shows the neighbors.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:15:16 +0000

Is it sad that I just went to the work restroom to try this with my headphones? I couldn’t get the stupid toilet paper off of the dispenser.

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:47:38 +0000

Haha, blob o’ Jesus!

By: kingofnewyorkhacks

kingofnewyorkhacks — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:18:57 +0000

We broke out PMS Mrs.Claus this year…cranky old Bit** !! LOL

By: Delmont88

Delmont88 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:49:53 +0000

We have a C.S. at our house, too.

Our Nativity Scene is 62 years old. We know that because it has a “Made in Occupied Japan” sticker on the back of it. Apparently, raw materials must have been hard to come by in Tokyo in 1946 because all of the statuettes for our Nativity Scene are made out of a hard wax like substance.

Joseph, Mary, and the whole gang have survived 62 consecutive summers, up in the attic. The baby Jesus, however, has not fared as well. We call him “Blob ‘o Jesus” as he is now resembles a squashed Milk Dud.

Johnny, that was a great story about Switzerland. I actually got a bit sentimental, thinking back on some of my family’s traditions around the Holidays. Thanks.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:22:40 +0000

For my extended family, we exchange white elephant gifts each Christmas. About 8 years ago, my little sister (a mere child at the time) ushered in what would become an annual tradition: the giving of ‘headless Barbie.’

She took a doll of hers that had long ago lost its head and replaced it with a square of gauze with two eyes and a smile drawn on in sharpie, taped onto Barbie’s neck to form a face. She was 10 at the time, and it was a perfect white elephant gift.

The next year, my uncle re-gifted headless Barbie (which we were all thrilled about) and he added a photo album showing her at the beach, at the movies, and other places from the past year.

I guess she’s like our C.S. except instead of losing a piece of her each year, someone always adds a little something.