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At the Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal tells how the Christmas tree helped to domesticate the terrifying energies of electricity around the turn of the last century. Continue reading

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus isn’t exactly known for their budget items. And the Edible Gingerbread Playhouse is no exception. At $15,000 a pop, despite its utter lack of ninja moves, this is one bushel of holiday joy that money really can buy. Made using 381 lbs. of gourmet gingerbread and 517 lbs. of royal icing, not to mention giant cookies, lollipops, gummies, mints and gumdrops, Dylan’s Candy Bar’s gingerbread house measures in at 6.6 feet high by 5.25 feet wide... Continue reading

You bought this beautiful Christmas tree for the holidays and after a month of display its time to dump the damn thing. But there’s gotta be a more valuable purpose than just laying in a dumpster somewhere. This family decided to recycle their Christmas tree into a rocket powered projectile. Strap 32 rocket engines to a tree and see what happens? I think I’ll just stick with the video after the jump, thanks.

The real magic happens around both the 31 and 45 second mark, where the kid proceeds to simulate sexual intercourse with the unsuspecting console. Now in contrast, hit the jump for the sweetest damn kid ever receiving his Xbox. It will melt your cold heart.

Christmas might be long gone, but Sithmas is apparently right around the corner. How can we tell? Well for one, Darth Claus has rounded up all of his magical, flying Tauntauns. Are you on his Naughty or Naughtier list? He knows when you are sleeping. And he knows… well, he pretty much only knows when you’re sleeping, but come on, not every fictional holiday hero can have complete omnipresence. Link

The holiday’s are finally upon us. Not that there’s anyway you DIDN’T know that. We’ve been utterly gavaged, literally force-fed holiday spirit since early-November. And we’re not talking just in our everyday life, but social networking sites have gone absolutely holiday crazy as well. We thought in the geeky spirit of the holidays, we might as well share a collection of social media logos specially designed to celebrate the theme of Christmas. Hit the jump for some of our favorites.

How do rednecks celebrate the holidays? Other than running down wild animals and throwing perfectly good furniture across their lawn, them good ole boys like to take about 3,000 Christmas lights and just wrap ‘em around their prized pick-up. Insert electric generator and voila, instant holiday cheer.

(Very loosely sung to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree“) Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Your ornaments are so epic Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Mike Tyson makes me want to use anti-septic You make me smile and you make me bow I really wanna play some Zelda now Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Your ornaments are so epic Link [via]