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Mr. C has decided to grace us with 30 festive frames per second of animated (and puppetized) Christmas cheer.

"The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
...
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;"

– Clement Clark Moore… or not?

Lays his finger to his nose… smokes a pipe… often seen drinking Coke… rumors of a “magic” dust that helps him fit down chimneys… gets more work done in one night than Bowie ever did in Berlin… and we have to leave food out for him after every stop. What’s this guy Santa on?

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Mr. C has decided to grace us with 30 festive frames per second of animated (and puppetized) Christmas cheer.

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town 

Sometimes children are naughty; sometimes they are nice.

Sometimes Santa is naughty, too. In the far future, Santa has been replaced (secretly defeated??!) by a HIDEOUS ROBOT OF DOOM, RAINING DEATH ON ALL IN ITS PATH!!!

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Mr. C has decided to grace us with 30 festive frames per second of animated (and puppetized) Christmas cheer.

The American cultural-commercial force known as “Christmastime” now begins its mobilization on November 1. One can’t even wipe the grease paint from one’s face the morning after Halloween revelry without being blindsided by large containers full of cheap decorative holiday trinkets, either at a grocery or convenience store, or personal storage [argh].

Wasn’t there a holiday in between the darkness and the lights? Something more American-oriented than demons and barn-staged virgin births?

Oh, right, the thing with the dead turkeys.

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