English: Photo of Jonathan G. Meath portraying Santa Claus. Date approximate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Christmas magic should be enough for any kid, since Santa doesn’t have to be based on our science. But if you do have a kid who only believes in science good news! David Dietie of Cracked has you covered as science can totally explain how Santa can do his job. be it fact or theory. It’s cool but I think it takes some of the magic away from it.
Here’s a little news story to boost your faith in humanity…and kids. Here is one young girl looking to do something positive this Christmas by collecting toys for others.
Bonfire05 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
From city blocks creating floats to bonfires to fireworks, to…dressing up as a horse monster for booze? What? Anyway, Cracked contributor Pauli Poisuo found 5 ways other countries and New Orleans celebrates Christmas. Have a few months to celebrate? Go running in your Santa suit.
English: Screenshot of Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in the American film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). The film lapsed into the public domain in the United States due to the failure of National Telefilm Associates, the last copyright owner, to renew. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The movie It’s A Wonderful Life is a holiday classic, but how much do you really know about it? ScreenCrush‘s “You Think You Know Movies” series goes of the history of this beloved film.
Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941). Cover art by Joe Simon (inks and pencils) and Jack Kirby (pencils). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When DC has a superhero’s anniversary the same year as a movie, you have to wait until that movie comes out to celebrate it. It happened with Batman’s 50th and Superman’s 75th. But while the new Captain America movie isn’t coming until May, the comic character that debuted in March, 1941 (or at least that’s the cover date) is getting an entire special courtesy of Marvel and ABC (instead of just some YouTube animated shorts you only saw if you heard about them on a comics blog) right at the start of the year, or at least January 19th. Comic Book Resources proves that Marvel/Disney again does something better than DC/Warner Brothers.
By the way their names are Robert and Raquel. I think you can guess which is which.
The next Jake & Leon will be after Christmas so I had to put this here. I admit this hasn’t been the best of Christmas arc even for this comic, but consider where I am this year. My heart’s not in it. I’m still hoping to have a Video Review by Christmas Eve although with all of the personal distractions I’ve had this month (because nobody cares about things I don’t make money on except me apparently) I’m not sure if Captain Yuletide will be on time.
Over at The Clutter Report you can rewatch last year’s Christmas special review, Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus. In order to get this year’s review done, with another distraction coming Tuesday’s I’m going to take a week off from comic reviews (I know, another cliffhanger as the conclusion to Worlds Collide is up next) to try to get it all done. I will post some new additions to the Yule Log, which I do every year anyway to lighten my Christmas week load. Afterwards, I should hopefully be back on schedule going into the New Year. If you’re a Patreon supporter at the article level or higher I will post an overdue progress report as well as the special early for everyone to make up for the lack of stuff this week.
After today’s review of Scrooge And Santa I was reminded of another unorthodox meeting of these two characters. While I’ve posted the Batmanesque Santaman: Patron Saint Of Justice before I don’t know if anyone goes into the regular archives, much less the songs and specials of the Christmas Spotlight feature. So I’m bringing it to you again. Can Santaman rescue the Christmas Spirits and stop a Scrooge descendant who has turned to dark magic and the clan’s usual business practices to kill the festive season?
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