Ebenezer Season

Christmas Movies You may have Missed

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Christmas Holiday was a doozy.

This one was released as "Black Christmas" and was not too awful.

Meanwhile, the title was used again in 2006:

Nothing like slasher pics to get you in the mood hu?

Inappropriate History

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Msbehavoyeur

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Krampus

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My friend sandra has a wicked google mind.

Krampus
How can you beat a Holiday Icon that has chains and birch bundle?

On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, also known as Krampusnacht (Night of Krampus), in Austria and other areas, sin-loving folk dressed as devils, wild-men and witches begin the ancient ritual known today as the Krampus Run. Often intoxicated and bearing torches, these beastly demons caper, cavort and carouse as they make their way through the streets, scaring child and adult alike. more krampus information

Gift in one hand birch bundle in the other.

Oh My, hair pulling too

A gentleman devil, sometimes.

Guess what I have for you?

He is not just for the ladies.

Lady Krampus too.

And Krampus is for the kids as well. Every girl wants a Krampus doll.

Krampus.com home page has tons of info on this guy!

Who in Hell is Krampus?

Krampus is the dark counterpart of Saint Nicholas, the traditional European gift-bringer who visits on his holy day of December 6th, a few weeks earlier than his offshoot Mr. Claus. Like his American descendant, the bishop-garbed St. Nicholas rewards good kids with gifts and treats; unlike the archetypal Santa, however, St. Nicholas never punishes naughty children, parceling out this task to a ghastly helper from below.

Known by many names across the continent, such as Knecht Ruprecht, Klaubauf, Pelzebock, Schmutzli and Krampus, this figure is unmistakably evil; he often appears as a traditional red devil with cloven hoof and goatish horns, although he can also be spotted as an old bearded wild-man or a huge hairy beast. He comes to punish the naughty children, and is often depicted carrying them in chains or in a basket to a fiery place below.

On December 5th and 6th, in Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Germany and other regions of European, children greet kindly St. Nicholas with his bag of toys and sweets only to find the Saint's devilish assistant trailing behind. Hideously costumed as a devil or wild man with a whipping switch or chains, Krampus comes to frighten the mischievous children into contrition.

The popular European practice of guising and mumming during the winter solstice season, ie. using masks and drama to play mythic figures, in this case bearded Old Man Winter and the horned Goat-Man, can be credibly traced back tens of thousands of years, long before the purported birthday of Jesus Christ.

Trivia of the Season

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The word Christmas is Old English, a contraction of Christ's Mass.

The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the United
States was Franklin Pierce.

Germany made the first artificial Christmas trees. They were made of goose
feathers and dyed green.

Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.

The first Christmas cards were vintage and invented in 1843, the Victorian Era.

"It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV more often than any other holiday movie.

"Rudolph" was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's for a
holiday promotion. The rest is history.

"The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet.

"Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the
most popular Christmas songs.

If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," you
would receive 364 gifts.

The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by Joel
Poinsett in the early 1800's.

Dec 7th... My First Anniversary as HIS

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Traveling the net i find the most adorable items:

Of course, THAT's a 1950's ad or (gulp) Cadillac for Christmas.
i have never had that kind of money--- give someone a CAR for the holiday? Geeze. Must be nice to be rich.
But THIS makes me die laughing... "She walks softly" is the website..

This one reminds me of the huge changes in the way we see advertising- back when the liquor lobby was fighting for their lives.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes little girl!
Oh my!

Getting terrorized by Santa is also part of the season:

lean over and let me grab something

I have this feeling that the subliminal message in this ad involves women who hate sex even more than housework:

Or maybe she likes sex.... just not with *you*:

Here is a reminder of when it was a kinder, simpler nation:

I wonder what message they were sending about THIS woman's morals..... like, what, those are her brothers????

This one i love- 1 guy, liquor, 2 wonderful overdressed women, and they have the TV on???? No wonder Americans are fucked up.

The implications of what a woman wants from a man are clear here- and it's got nothing to do with Laundry!

And last but not least, the best:

Phallic Season

2010-11-21T22:22:00.000-08:00

Checking out the advertising of the 50's and what this year's net wandering brought me:

Then there is the joy of killing for the holidays (don't give me that 'target practice' bullshit)

Then of course we have the smoking Santa. American advertisers will surely burn in hell over these:)

(I don't have to say anything about THAT one do I?)

So I hope you found something messed up weird fun.
Like Mickey as a Black Santa?

Run away!

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More of this great art at : : www.animationarchive.org/labels/illustration.html

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WAR on Christmas!!!!

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Christms Past and Present

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Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day,
encircling all our limited world like a magic ring,
left nothing out for us to miss or seek;
bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes;
grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire,
and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.
~~ Charles Dickens ~~

It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness,
the reaching out of the self to one's fellow man
that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit.
~~ Isabel Currier ~~

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
~~ Peg Bracken ~~

Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
~~ Emily Matthews ~~

Sing along!

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos.

Everybody knows, a turkey and some mistletoe, help to make the season bright...

Tiny tots, with their eyes all aglow, will find it hard to sleep tonight.

They know that Santa's on his way; he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh...

And every mother's child is gonna spy, to see if reindeer really know how to fly...

And so I'm offering this simple phrase, for kids from one to ninety-two...

Although it's been said, many times, many ways: Merry Christmas, to you!

Photos, in order, are:

Louise Brooks, Colleen Moore
Alice & Marceline Day, Clara Bow
Buster Keaton, Anita Page
Marceline Day
Bela Lugosi-Claus
Jean Harlow
Kids, L to R: Louise, Buster, Carole Lombard, Clara, Jean
Carole Lombard, Harold Lloyd

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