Christmas

  • Coca Cola’s Very Unfortunate Christmas Can Design

    Fuzzy of sight and thought, my work brain was struggling to stay focused on the spreadsheet ahead of me. I just wanted my Christmas break to begin. I had been caffeinating all day to sharpen my attention but it was hardly working. My eyes fleetingly rested on the Coca Cola Zero can in front of

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  • Gremlins are Totally Misunderstood

    The 1984 horror film, Gremlins, is a Christmas masterpiece with few peers in its class. It has jumps, scares, singing, dog threatening, cookies, trees, chainsaws, medical experiments, headless snowmen, rogue snow plows. Yes, it really has everything. And that blender-microwave one-two shot (which meant I could never not be afraid of the carol, “Do You

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  • Strange Things You Never Noticed About Christmas Movies

    I wait all year long to watch classic Christmas movies. And I mean classic. None of that bullshit inside Hallmark jargon. Sorry, I was way forcing that quote and I didn’t pull it off very well. I just can’t help myself, I am THAT in love with real classic Christmas movies that teach us morals

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  • Bah, Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge, American Politics, and the Republican Party

    Or “The Political Dichotomy of Ebenezer Scrooge as Depicted by SJW Charles Dickens” Welcome to the holly jolly time of year when we all smile a little brighter, we all drink a little more eggnog, and we all (oh so briefly) smile at the sight of snowflakes. And while we drape our tinsel and wrap

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