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Our Nativity Set

My favorite is the little goat-boy (bottom left corner, nice necklace). Over the years the goat-boy has been in charge of different animals, but currently he seems to be responsible for the llama, a camel, the donkey, the little black goat plus a little blue one, a stripey rabbit, a red cat, and two ducks [...]

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I Hab a Code

Last week the Maker, who was utterly stopped up with a cold, told me I was wasting the (Christmas tree scented) air freshener.

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toys for you!

If you haven’t played with zefrank’s tech toys, you should. The 3d snowflake maker is a mesmerizing way to avoid Christmas shopping or any other onerous task. And instead of updating your files or cleaning your office, click over to C. Lowe’s paper plane animation and go frame by frame (use the arrow keys) in [...]

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indexed

If you don’t already regularly enjoy Jessica Hagy’s blog Indexed, you should begin now. The book comes out in Feb ’08, too late for Christmas giving, but in plenty of time for next year. I should have added this awesome woman to Must Clicks long ago.

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The Legend of Starry Gazey Pie

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My last playlist includes three tunes off of The Bees’s album, Starry Gazey Pie. Out of curiosity, I image-googled the album title and found this little legend, along with a picture of these unusual Christmas lights (in the shape of, you guessed it, Starry Gazey Pie) in the English town of Cornwall. Legend has it [...]

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The Marvelous Magic Snowflake

Is this little silver metal ornament for your tree. Plug it in to the outlet, plug your Christmas tree lights into it’s plug, then hang the snowflake. Touch the snowflake, tink! the lights go on. Touch it again, tink! the lights go off. The ad says it “captivates holiday guests,” but our focus group did [...]

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The Maker’s Favorite Gift

The Maker’s favorite gift was the same as it was last year. It was also the same gift he received somewhere around his birthday, which is conveniently located approximately half-way between Christmases. Two words, in order of priority: tape and rope. This boy loves him some tape and rope. Three times in the two or [...]

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The Best Moment of Christmas Day, 2006

was the Maker’s, age 6. The way Christmas morning works in our house is that everyone waits on me. I’m not a morning person, in comparison with the rest of my family, all of whom have actually witnessed the sun rising in the east. However, I’d like to point out that I was up past [...]

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It Was My Best Christmas Yet

My best Christmas by far, I told my dentist today. I give it, like, a 9 out of a possible 10. The only way it could have been any better would have been if I a) had planned for better microwavable food, and b), hadn’t had minor tooth trauma (dentist’s words), all of which is [...]

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