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		<title>I Farted on Santa&#8217;s Lap (Now Christmas is Gonna Stink for Me) Lyrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to funny Christmas songs, &#8220;Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer&#8221; may be the first one that comes to mind for many people. But there are plenty of other funny and silly Christmas songs out there, including oldies but goodies like &#8220;All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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When it comes to funny Christmas songs, &#8220;Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer&#8221; may be the first one that comes to mind for many people. But there are plenty of other funny and silly Christmas songs out there, including oldies but goodies like &#8220;All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth&#8221; and newer songs like &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z7QUHA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=cheapsoftware-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000Z7QUHA">I Farted on Santa&#8217;s Lap (Now Christmas is Gonna Stink for Me)</a>.&#8221;. Kids who still enjoy bathroom humor will get a kick out of it.</p>
<p><strong>I Farted on Santa&#8217;s Lap Lyrics</strong><br />
Mom made beans for dinner<br />
You know I ate &#8216;em all<br />
She said come get your coat on, we&#8217;re goin&#8217; to the mall<br />
Gonna visit Santa and sit upon his knee<br />
But all that I could think about was how not to cut the cheese</p>
<p>While waiting there for Santa, I thought that I&#8217;d explode<br />
The gas bubble grew bigger with every &#8220;Ho, Ho, Ho&#8221;<br />
Tried my best to hide it, thought I was doing swell<br />
But when I sat down on Santa&#8217;s lap, he hollered &#8220;What&#8217;s that smell!&#8221;</p>
<p>Chorus:<br />
I farted on Santa&#8217;s lap, now christmas is gonna stink for me<br />
I farted on Santa&#8217;s lap, now I&#8217;ll get nothin&#8217; under my Christmas tree</p>
<p>I asked him for a baseball<br />
I asked him for a bat<br />
I asked him for some ice skates but I&#8217;ll get none of that<br />
I asked him for a lot of things I&#8217;ll have to do without<br />
&#8216;Cause when I sat on Santa&#8217;s lap, I let one slip out</p>
<p>(Chorus)</p>
<p>On Christmas Eve I snuck out of my bed without a sound<br />
Went down to the living room just to take a look around<br />
It was then that I saw Santa next to the Christmas tree<br />
His arms were full of presents and they were all for me<br />
He put them on a pile and got up to turn around<br />
And blew a fart with such great force our tree almost came down<br />
And so I&#8217;ll always cherish that special moment when<br />
I realized even old Saint Nick rips one now and then</p>
<p>I farted on Santa&#8217;s lap and Christmas didn&#8217;t stink for me<br />
I farted on Santa&#8217;s lap and Santa left one on my Christmas tree</p>
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		<title>Christmas Incense Burners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Christmas smell like? For many people, it smells like pine trees, gingerbread, candy canes and other scents traditionally associated with the holidays. But with the popularity of artificial Christmas trees, store-bought goodies and other Christmas conveniences, you might be looking for a way to recapture the smell of Christmas without the hassle of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What does Christmas smell like? For many people, it smells like pine trees, gingerbread, candy canes and other scents traditionally associated with the holidays. But with the popularity of artificial Christmas trees, store-bought goodies and other Christmas conveniences, you might be looking for a way to recapture the smell of Christmas without the hassle of actually buying a real tree or baking gingerbread cookies. How about some Christmas incense? You can buy holiday incense in several scents, such as pine or gingerbread, and it&#8217;s fun to burn it in a Christmas incense burner. These incense burners, or smokers, are designed to add a touch of holiday festivity to your decor while providing a nice way to burn your incense. You can get smokers that look like Santa Claus, snowmen, wise men and other holiday themes. Below are some examples of the types of Christmas incense burners available online.<br />
You can get these Christmas incense incense burners and see others by visiting <a href="http://www.pjtra.com/t/Sj9FQkhEP0hLQkJCP0VDRURG?website=">Nutcrackers.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Beach Boy&#8217;s Little Saint Nick Lyrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oooooooo Merry Christmas Saint Nick Christmas comes this time each year Oooooooo oooooooo Well, way up north where the air gets cold There&#8217;s a tale about Christmas that you&#8217;ve all been told And a real famous cat all dressed up in red And he spends the whole year workin&#8217; out on his sled It&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://santalettertemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-with-beach-boys.jpg" align="right">Oooooooo<br />
Merry Christmas Saint Nick<br />
Christmas comes this time each year<br />
Oooooooo oooooooo</p>
<p>Well, way up north where the air gets cold<br />
There&#8217;s a tale about Christmas that you&#8217;ve all been told<br />
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red<br />
And he spends the whole year workin&#8217; out on his sled</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick<br />
It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick</p>
<p>Just a little bobsled we call it old Saint Nick<br />
But she&#8217;ll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick<br />
She&#8217;s candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel<br />
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick<br />
It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick</p>
<p>Run run reindeer<br />
Run run reindeer<br />
Whoaa<br />
Run run reindeer<br />
Run run reindeer</p>
<p>He don&#8217;t miss no one</p>
<p>And haulin&#8217; through the snow at a frightenin&#8217; speed<br />
With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead<br />
He&#8217;s gotta wear his goggles &#8217;cause the snow really flies<br />
And he&#8217;s cruisin&#8217; every pad with a little surprise</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick<br />
It&#8217;s the little Saint Nick<br />
Ooooo, little Saint Nick</p>
<p>Ahhhhhh<br />
Oooooooo<br />
Merry Christmas Saint Nick<br />
Christmas comes this time each year</p>
<p>Ahhhhhh<br />
Oooooooo<br />
Merry Christmas Saint Nick<br />
Christmas comes this time each year</p>
<p>Ahhhhhh<br />
Oooooooo<br />
Merry Christmas Saint Nick<br />
Christmas comes this time each year</p>
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		<title>Elf Food Groups, As Listed by Buddy the Elf</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the four elf food groups? Fans of the movie &#8220;Elf,&#8221; the 2003 holiday comedy starring Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, may remember the dinner scene in which Buddy lists the elf food groups after swigging down an entire 2-liter plastic bottle of Coke at the dinner table. &#8220;We elves try to stick [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/elf_food_groups_button-145153879613723107?gl=IndiaL&amp;rf=238944901182459498"><img style="border: 0;" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/elf_food_groups_button-p145153879613723107ang_325.jpg" alt="Elf Food Groups button" width="250" align="right" /></a>What are the four <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/indial/gifts?cg=196122934848441134">elf food groups</a>?</p>
<p>Fans of the movie &#8220;Elf,&#8221; the 2003 holiday comedy starring Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, may remember the dinner scene in which Buddy lists the elf food groups after swigging down an entire 2-liter plastic bottle of Coke at the dinner table. &#8220;We elves try to stick to the four main food groups &#8211; candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup,&#8221; he says. He then produces a vial of maple syrup to pour on his meal &#8211; a spaghetti dinner.</p>
<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen this movie about a man adopted by Christmas elves who returns to the human world to find his biological father, you&#8217;re in for a treat. Will Ferrell is delightful, and the supporting cast is great. James Caan stars as Buddy&#8217;s real dad, Ed Asner is Santa Claus (the real one!), Mary Steenburgen is Buddy&#8217;s stepmom and Bob Newhart is Papa Elf. This fun holiday movie is clever enough to keep the attention of everyone in your family, from young to old. Need a sneak peak? Or perhaps a refresher if you&#8217;re already a fan?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the wonderful &#8220;<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/elf-food-groups">elf food groups</a>&#8221; scene from the movie. </p>
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		<title>VeggieTales: Little Drummer Boy DVD New This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fun folks at VeggieTales have produced a new Christmas DVD that the whole family will enjoy. Full of the usual VeggieTales humor and music that is designed to teach positive messages to children in a fun way, VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy DVD is sure to become a classic. Based on the popular song [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005BXY1Q0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B005BXY1Q0" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://santalettertemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/veggie-tales-drummer-boy-dvd.jpg" alt="veggie tales drummer boy dvd" align="right" /></a>The fun folks at VeggieTales have produced a new Christmas DVD that the whole family will enjoy. Full of the usual VeggieTales humor and music that is designed to teach positive messages to children in a fun way, VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy DVD is sure to become a classic. </p>
<p>Based on the popular song written by Katherine K. Davis in 1941, this new Little Drummer Boy movie stars Junior Asparagus as the little drummer boy, Aaron. The Little Drummer Boy has no gift to bring to the baby Jesus, but when he plays his drum for the Christ Child, he releases the anger in his heart and discovers the true meaning of Christmas. </p>
<p>A related soundtrack, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OCA4H8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B005OCA4H8" rel="nofollow">O Holy Night: Journey Of A Little Drummer Boy</a>, features Bebe and Cece Winans. There is also a VeggieTales Drummer Boy play set that features characters from the movie, and which goes along with the VeggieTales Nativity play set.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of VeggieTales, the <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/veggie-tales-drummer-boy-dvd">Veggie Tales Drummer Boy DVD</a> is sure to become a favorite.</p>
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		<title>Tips for Getting Free Shipping for Christmas on All Your Holiday Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for ways to save money during the holidays? Shopping online can be a great money saver, if you know where and how to shop. For instance, you won&#8217;t pay sales tax on most online purchases, and you can use comparison sites like BizRate.com to find the stores with the lowest overall price. But even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2694826-10838057" target="_top"><img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-2694826-10838057" width="300" height="250" alt="free shipping for christmas" align="right" border="0"/></a>Looking for ways to save money during the holidays? Shopping online can be a great money saver, if you know where and how to shop. For instance, you won&#8217;t pay sales tax on most online purchases, and you can use comparison sites like <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bizrate.com/index__af_assettype_id--4__af_creative_id--5__af_id--23265__af_placement_id--3__rf--af1.html">BizRate.com</a> to find the stores with the lowest overall price. But even though comparison sites can calculate shipping for individual products, they can&#8217;t always tell you whether that item might be eligible for free shipping when combined with other items or with a coupon. So here are some tips on finding free shipping for Christmas.</p>
<p>Tip #1 &#8211; Shop at retailers that offer free shipping on select items or with a minimum purchase<br />
You can get free shipping every day, all year long from a variety of stores that offer free shipping with a minimum purchase. Amazon is perhaps the best known of these, but it&#8217;s not the only one. <a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000613802039232&#038;pubid=21000000000042620" rel="nofollow">Target</a> is another larger retailer that is now offering this feature to its RedCard users, and <a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-2597651-10652221" target="_top" rel="nofollow">UnbeatableSale.com</a> offers it on select items. You can also find free shipping on many products every day at <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&#038;pub=5574633235&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336917131&#038;customid=&#038;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fhcp%2Fgifts" rel="nofollow">eBay</a>.</p>
<p>Tip #2 &#8211; Sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime?ie=UTF8&#038;ref_=amb_link_84306931_4&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957">Amazon Prime</a> is the annual program at Amazon.com that provides free unlimited 2-day shipping without a minimum purchase, and it now also includes free access to books in the Kindle lending library, as well as free streaming of movies and TV programs. Trial members get all the benefits of paying members. You simply need to cancel before the end of the trial if you don&#8217;t want to continue the service, or you can continue to receive the benefits by paying the annual fee. </p>
<p>Tip #3 &#8211; Use free shipping coupons whenever possible<br />
If your favorite store doesn&#8217;t offer free shipping with a a minimum purchase or on the items you want, look around for free shipping coupons. Just check your favorite coupon site, or visit Christmas Coupons 365.com to see stores with <a href="http://christmascoupons365.com/category.php?key=free+shipping">free shipping for Christmas</a>.</p>
<p>Tip #4 &#8211; Shop Online on Free Shipping Day.<br />
You&#8217;ve probably heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but Free Shipping Day may not yet be in your vocabulary. It started in 2008 as a one-day event, and it&#8217;s now an annual opportunity to get free shipping for a single day in mid-December. In 2011, Free Shipping Day will be on December 16. More than 1700 retailers participated in the event last year, according to Wikipedia, so check your favorite store in December for one last chance to get <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/get-free-shipping-for-christmas-gifts">free shipping for Christmas gifts</a>.</p>
<p>Free shipping is a great way to save money during the holidays, so be sure to search for holiday shipping deals before you buy this year.</p>
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		<title>New Christmas DVDs 2011 for the Whole Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At my house, we like to celebrate the weeks leading up to Christmas by walking around our neighborhood every night and enjoying the decorations on our neighbors&#8217; homes and then coming home and watching Christmas DVDs while drinking hot chocolate. If you&#8217;re looking for some great new Christmas DVDs for 2011 to share with your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QODEEE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B005QODEEE"><img src="http://letterstokidsfromsanta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ice-age-christmas-dvd.jpg" align="right" width="250" alt="new christmas dvds 2011 - ice age christmas dvd"/></a>At my house, we like to celebrate the weeks leading up to Christmas by walking around our neighborhood every night and enjoying the decorations on our neighbors&#8217; homes and then coming home and watching Christmas DVDs while drinking hot chocolate.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for some great new Christmas DVDs for 2011 to share with your family, or want some fun stocking stuffers, here are a few of the family Christmas movies released on DVD this year.</p>
<p><strong>Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas DVD</strong><br />
If you enjoy the <em>Ice Age</em> franchise and can&#8217;t wait for the latest sequel, <em>Ice Age: Continental Drift</em> next year, you&#8217;ll be glad to know that you can spend time with your favorite Arctic herd this holiday season with <em>Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas.</em> This new animated special will air on Fox TV on Thanksgiving night and the <a href="http://lisa42.hubpages.com/hub/Ice-Age-Christmas-DVD">Ice Age Christmas DVD</a> will be released two days later, on November 26.</p>
<p>In this new animated film, Sid breaks Manny&#8217;s favorite holiday decorations and goes to the North Pole to explain it all to Santa Claus after Manny convinces him he&#8217;s now on Santa&#8217;s Naughty List. Crash, Eddie, and Peaches accompany Sid, leaving Diego, Manny and Ellie frantically searching for Peaches. Of course, Sid can&#8217;t stay out of trouble and ends up destroying Santa&#8217;s workshop on Christmas Eve, so it&#8217;s up to our favorite prehistoric herd of misfits to set things straight and make sure Christmas isn&#8217;t canceled.</p>
<p><strong>Elf on the Shelf: An Elf&#8217;s Story DVD</strong><br />
Since Elf on the Shelf was published, thousands of kids have joined in the fun holiday tradition of having a scout elf visit their home and bring back regular reports to Santa Claus on whether they&#8217;ve been naughty or nice. Now those kids can get a look at what it&#8217;s like to be one of Santa&#8217;s secret helpers.</p>
<p><em>Elf on the Shelf: An Elf&#8217;s Story</em> will make its debut on CBS TV the day after Thanksgiving, and the new Christmas DVD for 2011 will be released the next day, November 26. This animated tale follows the adventures of Chippey, a scout elf who is assigned to a boy named Taylor who can&#8217;t decide whether he believes in Santa and Christmas magic. When Taylor breaks the most important Elf on the Shelf rule, the little scout elf loses his magic and the family loses its elf. But through the power of love and forgiveness, both Chippey and Taylor discover that true belief in Christmas isn&#8217;t something that can be taught.</p>
<p><strong>Disney&#8217;s Prep and Landing DVD</strong><br />
This animated Disney Christmas special first aired in 2009, but Disney is releasing it for the first time on DVD this year.  The story follows Wayne, an elf in Santa&#8217;s elite &#8220;Prep and Landing&#8221; unit, a team of elves who work with military precision to ensure every house is ready for Santa&#8217;s arrival before he gets there. Their job is to ensure the path is clear for Santa to get in and out of the house quickly, safely and without a hitch. But Wayne has been doing this job for a long time and was just defeated in his quest for a promotion. Now he&#8217;s willing to let his new trainee, Lanny, take over while he slacks off. It&#8217;s a recipe for disaster, and Wayne has to save the day so one little boy&#8217;s Christmas won&#8217;t be ruined.</p>
<p><strong>Barbie: A Perfect Christmas DVD</strong><br />
Any Barbie movie is sure to be a hit with little girls, and this will be no exception. In this holiday tale, Barbie and her sisters Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea are on their way to New York for Christmas, but when a snowstorm diverts their flight, they end up stranded in the remote town of Tannenbaum. To their surprise and delight, they discover magical experiences and new friends. Barbie and her sisters then put on a musical performance for the whole town to enjoy and discover that &#8220;being together is what really makes A Perfect Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Beethoven&#8217;s Christmas Adventure</strong><br />
In Beethoven&#8217;s Christmas Adventure DVD, viewers will get to hear Beethoven talk for the first time ever! Beethoven comes to the rescue in this film after an elf takes Santa&#8217;s sleigh and all the toys, and then crash-lands in a tree. When Santa&#8217;s magical bag of toys ends up in the wrong hands, Beethoven and his human companion Mason have to save the elf, get the toys, and make sure Christmas comes for children around the world.</p>
<p>From: <a href="http://lisa42.hubpages.com/hub/New-Christmas-DVDs"><em>New Christmas DVDs 2011 on HubPages</em></a></p>
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		<title>Get a Free Christmas Card from Zazzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From now until November 24, you can get a free copy of the Christmas card shown at right &#8211; A Western Christmas &#8211; Horse Christmas Sleigh &#8211; from Zazzle. Use the promo code CCPNPJESNGQC to get one free holiday card printed with the design above. Limit one per customer. Spread the word! You can also [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/137479835887479642?pm=CCPNPJESNGQC&#038;rf=238944901182459498" rel="nofollow" > <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/a_western_christmas_horse_christmas_sleigh_card-p137479835887479642fzk_325.jpg" border="0" width="250" align="right" /></a>From now until November 24, you can get a free copy of the Christmas card shown at right &#8211; <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/137479835887479642?pm=CCPNPJESNGQC&#038;rf=238944901182459498">A Western Christmas &#8211; Horse Christmas Sleigh</a> &#8211; from Zazzle. </p>
<p> Use the promo code CCPNPJESNGQC to get one free holiday card printed with the design above. Limit one per customer.</p>
<p>Spread the word!</p>
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		<title>A Picture of Santa in Your House is Worth More Than a Thousand Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old adage that says a picture&#8217;s worth a thousand words, and when it comes to capturing a picture of Santa Claus in your house, it&#8217;s certainly true. If you had a picture like that to show your kids, they&#8217;d probably either be speechless for the equivalent of a thousand words or so excited [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s an old adage that says a picture&#8217;s worth a thousand words, and when it comes to capturing a picture of Santa Claus in your house, it&#8217;s certainly true. If you had a picture like that to show your kids, they&#8217;d probably either be speechless for the equivalent of a thousand words or so excited they&#8217;d chatter that long. And now you can get a picture like that.</p>
<p>Through the magic of sites like <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=196781&#038;u=100976&#038;m=24445&#038;urllink=&#038;afftrack=">Capture The Magic</a> and <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=339433&#038;u=100976&#038;m=36641&#038;urllink=&#038;afftrack=">The Santa Video</a>, you can now get proof of Santa&#8217;s visit to show your kids. </p>
<p>All you need to do is visit <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=196781&#038;u=100976&#038;m=24445&#038;urllink=&#038;afftrack=">Capture The Magic</a> and upload a photo of your living room, family room, or wherever you want to &#8220;catch Santa&#8221; in the act. Then choose your favorite image of Santa Claus and use the easy online tools to adjust the image until Rudolph himself won&#8217;t be able to tell that you didn&#8217;t actually stay up until midnight to catch Santa at work. You don&#8217;t need any special skills or artistic abilities to pull off this magic; if you can upload a photo, you&#8217;ll be able to create a believable photo of Santa in your home.</p>
<p>And if you want to take it a step further, you can use the same photo to capture a video of Santa in your house at <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=339433&#038;u=100976&#038;m=36641&#038;urllink=&#038;afftrack=">The Santa Video.com</a>. Once again, all you&#8217;ll need is the ability to upload a photo and make a few tweaks, and they&#8217;ll do all the rest. Take a look at the video below to see how believable your video will look.</p>
<p align="center"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hMa3kFuxz54" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>A picture may be worth a thousand words, but seeing your kids&#8217; face light up when they see a video or <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/get-a-picture-of-santa-in-your-house">picture of Santa in your house</a> will be priceless.</p>
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		<title>Ideas for Saving Money at Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it can also be a financial burden. Getting gifts for everyone on your gift list can get expensive, so it&#8217;s helpful to think of some cheap Christmas gift ideas before you hit the mall or go online to shop. Here are three ways to cut back on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/custom_ornament_heart-175452402016317337?rf=238944901182459498"><img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/custom_ornament_heart-p175452402016317337z8969_325.jpg" align="right" alt="Custom Ornament Heart ornament" style="border:0;" /></a><br />Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it can also be a financial burden. Getting gifts for everyone on your gift list can get expensive, so it&#8217;s helpful to think of some cheap Christmas gift ideas before you hit the mall or go online to shop. Here are three ways to cut back on spending.</p>
<p>Find Online Discounts<br />
Your local shopping mall is not always the best place to look for deals. It&#8217;s too tempting to purchase items you see without comparing prices. Shopping online, on the other hand, gives you time to compare prices using sites such as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bizrate.com/index__af_assettype_id--4__af_creative_id--5__af_id--23265__af_placement_id--3__rf--af1.html">BizRate.com</a> or to look for coupon codes.</p>
<p>You can easily find coupon codes online that will help you save money during the holidays, or you can look for holiday-specific coupons and Christmas discounts at sites such as <a href=http://christmascoupons365.com">Christmas Coupons 365.com</a>. This site lists coupons and deals for hundreds of popular stores and makes it easy for you to save money on gifts for everyone on your list.</p>
<p>Another way to save money online is to search for cheap gift suggestions. For example, here are <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/great-gifts-under-5">5 gifts under $5</a>. </p>
<p>Make Your Own Gifts<br />
If you&#8217;re craft-challenged like me, you might be tempted to skip this section, thinking that you don&#8217;t have the skills to make your own gift. Not so! Thanks to the power of the Internet, you can make personalized gifts with virtually no talent at all. If you&#8217;re making something personalized, you might feel ok spending less than you would on a generic gift? You can create mugs, shirts, iPhone and iPad covers, and much more on <a href="http://www.zazzle.com?rf=238944901182459498">Zazzle</a> and personalize them with your own photos, artwork and/or text.</p>
<p>Cut Down Your Gift List<br />
One of the most obvious ways to save money is to buy fewer gifts. If you&#8217;re the generous type who likes to buy gifts for everyone, from your child&#8217;s teacher to the postal carrier, you can save money simply by cutting down your gift list or changing the way you give gifts. </p>
<p>For instance, if you&#8217;re from a large family and your family tradition is to buy one gift for everyone, including all the adult relatives, it might be time to suggest drawing names for the holidays. Rather than everyone buying gifts for every other adult relative, each person draws a name and then only buys one gift for that person, so each adult receives one gift, while children can continue to reap the rewards from multiple aunts, uncles, grandparents and so on. </p>
<p>With a little forethought, you can still give wonderful gifts and save money with a couple small changes.</p>
<p>Revised with permission from ,a href=&#8221;http://lisa42.hubpages.com/hub/Cheap-Christmas-Gift-Strategies&#8221;>Cheap Christmas Gift Strategies</a> on HubPages.</p>
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		<title>How to Answer the Question: Is Santa Real?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803726244?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0803726244"><img src="http://santalettertemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/real-santa-claus.jpg" align="right" /></a>My sister never lets me forget I was the one who destroyed her belief in Santa. She was only in kindergarten when I dropped the bomb, taking away the myth of the jolly old elf who delivered presents every Christmas and replacing it with the harsh reality that flying reindeer don&#8217;t exist. I thought I was sharing a great secret. She thought I was taking away the magic of Christmas.</p>
<p>I was only in second grade at the time and had learned the truth from our older brother. I must not have believed him at first because to prove his point he ushered me out to my grandparents&#8217; mobile trailer where my parents had stashed the goodies. And there was the proof &#8211; all the toys and gifts we had asked Santa to bring. Eureka! My big brother had obviously stumbled upon a giant secret. Thinking that my sister should also be privy to this discovery, I promptly went to inform her that Santa didn&#8217;t exist.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t remember her reaction to the news, but she says she cried. And 35 years later, she still reminds me of my evil deed and gives me a bad time about destroying her belief in Santa. It&#8217;s become something of a joke between us, but now that we both have children, I realize just how young she was when I broke the spell, and I feel bad that I was the one who took that magic away from her.</p>
<p>My own son is eight now, and I&#8217;m glad he still believes. I&#8217;ve tried to keep the magic going for as long as I can, by sending <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Self-Serve-or-Full-Serve-Christmas-Letters-from-Santa">Christmas letters from Santa</a> and reminding him to be on his best behavior to stay on <a href="http://blog.christmaslettertips.com/2009/10/15/printable-santas-nice-list-certificate/">Santa&#8217;s Nice List</a>. This year I might even try showing him <a href="http://santasnorthpolezone.com/2009/11/capture-real-santa-pictures-in-your-home/">real Santa pictures</a> of the jolly old elf in our house. But I imagine that some day soon &#8211; either this season or perhaps next &#8211; one of his friends will break the news and he&#8217;ll come to ask us the truth. What will I say?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve learned from experience that often the best answer to these tricky questions is another question: what do YOU think? Often kids don&#8217;t want a big long explanation. It reminds me of the joke about a little boy who asked his mom where he came from and she went into a detailed explanation about the birds and the bees. When she finished he said, &#8220;But where do I come from? Johnny is from Chicago.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shareresults.com/t/url.php/cid/10254/sid/16226"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/4065716847_ea38904af8.jpg" align="right" alt="santa evidence kit" width="300" /></a>So my first response will be to find out what he thinks. If he&#8217;s not ready to let go of the magic, I will let him continue to believe and tell him that I, too, believe, and we&#8217;ll leave it at that. But if, as I suspect, he&#8217;s too smart for that and realizes all those shopping mall Santas look different and no one could fly around the whole world in one night, then I&#8217;ll have to tell him the truth.</p>
<p>But when I do, I&#8217;ll tell him that I still believe in Santa. I believe that the spirit of giving that lives today in the myth of Santa comes to us from the very real spirit of Saint Nicholas, a generous soul who donated his fortune to the poor and spent his life helping those in need, particularly children. His compassion and generosity set a very real example for millions of people who have translated his good deeds into the legend of Santa.</p>
<p>And I believe we are always given gifts in life when we try our best, play well with others, and remember to use our manners. These are qualities Santa always looks for when deciding who goes on the Nice list and who goes on the Naughty list. But we don&#8217;t need the fear of Santa&#8217;s list to practice these traits. All we need to know is that these qualities will bring us gifts every day of our life. These gifts may not come in boxes, bags, or bows, but they will come to us in the form of lasting friendship, love, and happiness.</p>
<p>I also believe in the magic of Santa. I believe life is miraculous, magical and wonderful, just like Santa, but only those who are willing to believe in the mystery will be able to see the beauty in a world that is also full of war, hunger, hatred and fear. Just as with a belief in Santa, the magic will disappear as soon as you choose to let it go. Belief in magic takes patience and care. Many people cannot see small miracles that happen around them every day because they are so blinded by the trappings of our fast-paced society.</p>
<p>I believe what Santa gives to children and adults alike is the ability to see life through the eyes of a child. We are reminded that it&#8217;s important to play and laugh, to let our imagination run wild, and to hope for the impossible. These are things I can believe in.</p>
<p>I hope that when my son realizes Santa is only a symbol for all these good things, he won&#8217;t be too disappointed and will still want to share the legend of Santa Claus with his kids some day. I think the world would be a much sadder place without the jolly old elf. I only hope my son agrees.</p>
<p><i>Reprinted with permission from <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/is-santa-real">Is Santa Real? How Do You Answer the Question?</a> by lisadh on Squidoo</i></p>
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		<title>Christmas Greeting Cards Have Come a Long Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people enjoy receiving Christmas cards each year, but have you ever stopped to wonder how the tradition of holiday greeting cards began? They tradition began in England. Sir Henry Cole, a British inventor and civil servant, produced the first commercial holiday cards in 1843. He commissioned an artist named John Horsley to illustrate them, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://blog.christmaslettertips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/first-christmas-card.jpg" alt="world's first christmas card" width="275" align="right" />Many people enjoy receiving Christmas cards each year, but have you ever stopped to wonder how the tradition of holiday greeting cards began?</p>
<p>They tradition began in England. Sir Henry Cole, a British inventor and civil servant, produced the first commercial holiday cards in 1843. He commissioned an artist named John Horsley to illustrate them, and Cole obliged by drawing a three-panel image that included a family raising their glasses for a toast above the words &#8220;A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.&#8221; Cole sold over 2000 of the cards for a shilling a piece that year.</p>
<p>Other cards soon followed, although they didn&#8217;t look like the cards we&#8217;d think of today. Rather than having winter or religious themes, early Christmas cards depicted flowers and fairies and other images that looked forward to the coming of spring.</p>
<p>The first holiday cards in America weren&#8217;t offered until more than three decades later. In 1875 Louis Prang became the first printer to offer cards in America. The advent of the postcard brought an end to elaborate Victorian-style cards for awhile, but by the 1920s, cards with envelopes had returned.</p>
<p>Christmas cards have been continually evolving and changing since then. During the World Wars, patriotic themes were popular, while in the 1950s, cartoon illustrations and cards with risque humor caught on. Today you can get holiday cards with a wide range of images and greetings. Nostalgic, sentimental, and religious images continue to be popular, and, now you can also purchase many <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/buy-unusual-christmas-cards">&#8220;unusual&#8221; Christmas cards</a> that can do double-duty as Christmas letter, calendars or or tree ornaments. Today’s Christmas cards can be anything from humorous to religious, simple to ornate, small to large, and everything in between.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, sending out printed Christmas cards is a tradition that’s in danger of fading out as more high-tech options become available and more popular. In recent decades, the number of cards sent during the holidays has been declining. The estimated number of cards received by American households dropped from 29 in 1987 to 20 in 2004. Despite the decline, printed cards are still popular &#8211; 1.9 billion cards were sent in the U.S. in 2005 alone. And new services that <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/three-places-that-send-cards-out-for-you">send cards out for you</a> are making it easier to combine the popularity of printed cards with the ease of online ordering.</p>
<p>So even though the tradition of holiday greeting cards may be changing, it should be with us for a long time to come.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/claus_card-137282296098546850?rf=238435810200641470"><img style="border: 0;" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/claus_card-p137282296098546850vdun_325.jpg" alt="Claus card card" /></a><br />
Christmas cards have come a long way since the 1800s</p>
<p><em>Reprinted with permission from <a href="http://blog.christmaslettertips.com/2010/08/30/the-tradition-of-holiday-greeting-cards/">The Tradition of Holiday Greeting Cards</a> on Christmas Letter Tips.com.</em></p>
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		<title>4 Reasons to Use Santa Letter Templates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year for kids, and nothing is more exciting about the holiday than Santa Claus. Getting a personalized Santa letter from St. Nick himself is a magical experience that will delight kids and their parents. Many parents may want to write their own letter from Santa [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://santalettertemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/santa-letter-templates-complete-package-bg.jpg" align="right" width="300" />Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year for kids, and nothing is more exciting about the holiday than Santa Claus. Getting a personalized Santa letter from St. Nick himself is a magical experience that will delight kids and their parents. </p>
<p>Many parents may want to write their own letter from Santa Claus so they can make it more personal, but sometimes they&#8217;re stumped by the process of writing and creating the letter. They&#8217;re not sure what to say or how to make it look fun and colorful. If you&#8217;re one of those people, don&#8217;t despair! Santa letter templates can help you create a great-looking, personalized letter at home for less than you&#8217;d pay a professional Santa letter company. If you want an inexpensive way to create a Santa letter for your child, they may be the answer you&#8217;re seeking.</p>
<p>Here are 3 reasons to use Santa letter templates:</p>
<p><strong>Save money.</strong> Santa letter templates are usually offered as Microsoft Word documents that you download once, often for less than you&#8217;ll pay for a single letter from professional letter companies. You can use it repeatedly simply by editing the text. So if you have three kids or a whole classroom of them, you still only pay for one document, making a Santa letter template cheaper even than some of the offers you&#8217;ll find on eBay.</p>
<p><strong>Personalized content</strong>. Many professional Santa letter companies only offer one letter design and don&#8217;t always let you see what the content of the letter will look like. With a Santa letter template, you can choose your background design, and the content is completely editable, so you can change or add to the existing text. At Santa Letter Templates, each letter also comes with the text for three alternate letters, so you have many options for changing the wording. </p>
<p><strong>No waiting</strong>. When you order from a Santa letter company, you have to wait for snail mail to deliver your purchase. With Santa letter templates, you can download your letter as soon as you make your purchase, so there&#8217;s no waiting. It&#8217;s a great solution for busy parents who miss the ordering deadline of the big sites.</p>
<p><strong>Environmentally friendly</strong>. Because Santa letter templates are pdf files that you download from your computer, there&#8217;s no need to send put a piece of paper in an envelope, attach a stamp and send in a mail truck or plane, which means less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Your document is delivered instantly to your email box. You can then print it at home, which allows you to use recycled paper or tree-free paper, if you choose.</p>
<p><strong>You can get Santa letter templates right here at <a href="http://santalettertemplates.com">Santa Letter Templates.com</a>. </strong></p>
<p>This article originally appeared in an edited version as <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/3-reasons-to-use-santa-letter-templates">3 Reasons to Use Santa Letter Templates</a> on Squidoo.</p>
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		<title>Celine Dion &#8211; So This Is Christmas (Eng. Subs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you all for viewing!!! *: I am not sure if it is &#8216;The war is so long.&#8217; or &#8216;The world is so wrong.&#8217; The lyrics site I was checking said it was the last one, but I heard the first one in the song. Celine Dion &#8211; So This Is Christmas, with English Subtitle. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thank you all for viewing!!! *: I am not sure if it is &#8216;The war is so long.&#8217; or &#8216;The world is so wrong.&#8217; The lyrics site I was checking said it was the last one, but I heard the first one in the song. Celine Dion &#8211; So This Is Christmas, with English Subtitle. For the Dutch people: I am Dutch and if you want I can add the Dutch subtitles too. Just mail me. Thank you very much!<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>Slaughterhouse Christmas Special &#8211; Epic Meal Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gingerbread house, less gingerbread and more meat. Buy TSHIRTS!! Click Here! epicmealtime.com Like on Facebook! www.facebook.com Follow on Twitter! www.twitter.com Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>A gingerbread house, less gingerbread and more meat. Buy TSHIRTS!! Click Here! epicmealtime.com Like on Facebook! www.facebook.com Follow on Twitter! www.twitter.com<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>Fred Figglehorn &#8211; Christmas Cash &#8211; Official Music Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a Fred Party Pack at bit.ly including your chance to be in a Fred video, a special Fred T-shirt, Who&#8217;s Ready to Party Album, It&#8217;s Hackin&#8217; Christmas with Fred CD and Fred poster. Fred&#8217;s music video for his original Christmas song, Christmas Cash! Available at iTunes. Click here to get it: bit.ly Video Rating: [...]]]></description>
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<p>Get a Fred Party Pack at bit.ly including your chance to be in a Fred video, a special Fred T-shirt, Who&#8217;s Ready to Party Album, It&#8217;s Hackin&#8217; Christmas with Fred CD and Fred poster. Fred&#8217;s music video for his original Christmas song, Christmas Cash! Available at iTunes. Click here to get it: bit.ly<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>Straight No Chaser &#8211; The Christmas Can-Can (Single Edit)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>© 2009 WMG The Christmas Can-Can (Single Edit)</p>
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		<title>The Christmas Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a film project from Film School. It is about a boy buying his mother shoes at Christmas. Song written, and performed by New Song MY FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com TWITTER:twitter.com Equals Three t-shirts are here: districtlin.es The outro song &#8220;Stalkin&#8217; Your Mom&#8221; is written and performed by Wax. Download the mp3 here: 3.ly *********************************** *********************************** [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is a film project from Film School. It is about a boy buying his mother shoes at Christmas. Song written, and performed by New Song
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<p>MY FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com TWITTER:twitter.com Equals Three t-shirts are here: districtlin.es The outro song &#8220;Stalkin&#8217; Your Mom&#8221; is written and performed by Wax. Download the mp3 here: 3.ly *********************************** *********************************** Here are the links to the content discussed in this video. Please don&#8217;t harass the content creators or send them hate-messages. Thanx: Lady Falls on Live TV: www.youtube.com Rudolph Dies at Parade: www.youtube.com Scientist Prank: www.youtube.com<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>all i want for christmas is you &#8211; mariah carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1964 music video not actually from that yar it was made in the 90s Video Rating: 4 / 5 The Who &#8211; Christmas &#038; The Acid Queen Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970]]></description>
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<p>1964 music video not actually from that yar it was made in the 90s<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>One Last Christmas &#8211; Matthew West Official Music Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To give now visit: www.matthewwest.com. This is the video my new Christmas song &#8211; &#8220;One Last Christmas.&#8221; This song is inspired by the true story of the Locke family and their son Dax. At just thirteen months old, little Dax was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. He was given two bone marrow transplants [...]]]></description>
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<p>To give now visit: www.matthewwest.com. This is the video my new Christmas song &#8211; &#8220;One Last Christmas.&#8221; This song is inspired by the true story of the Locke family and their son Dax. At just thirteen months old, little Dax was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. He was given two bone marrow transplants as a part of emergency treatment; one from each of his parents. The doctors then told his parents that Dax would most likely not make it to see Christmas. This song is about the love of a family, and the coming together of an entire community to make sure that this little boy could have one last Christmas. His dad, determined that his son would see Christmas, put up the decorations early. The neighborhood caught on, and did the same. The whole town soon followed suit. A website was built telling his story. Soon, pictures were sent from all over the world of Christmas decorations that had been put up in his honor. Dax did lose his battle with Leukemia, but not before he got to see one last Christmas. Today, this little boy&#8217;s legacy lives on, and his parents are making sure it does. They were so touched by the care they received from St. Jude&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, that they now have a desire to raise enough money to run the entire hospital for one day in honor of their son, Dax. The total cost to run St. Jude&#8217;s for one day is .6 million dollars. Already, they have raised a quarter of a million dollars. This Christmas, it is on my heart to join forces with the <b>&#8230;</b></p>
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		<title>slade &#8211; merry christmas everybody</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>MERRY CHRISTMAS</p>
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		<title>La Posada and the Christmas Poinsettia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s main Christmas celebration is known as La Posada, which is a faith based procession that reenacts the search for shelter by Joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. Throughout the actual procession, the celebrants proceed from home to house with the photos of Mary and Joseph searching for shelter in Bethlehem. Despite the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/la_posada_tshirt-235256226745209051?style=toddler_tshirt&#038;size=4t&#038;context=duddley&#038;group=kids&#038;lifestyle=classic&#038;rf=238944901182459498"><img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/la_posada_tshirt-p2352562267452090512mr37_325.jpg" alt="La Posada shirt" align="right" style="border:0;" /></a>Mexico&#8217;s main Christmas celebration is known as La Posada, which is a faith based procession that reenacts the search for shelter by Joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. Throughout the actual procession, the celebrants proceed from home to house with the photos of Mary and Joseph searching for shelter in Bethlehem. </p>
<p>Despite the fact that Santa Claus is not predominant, his bright red suit is represented in the traditional flower of the season. This flower is the poinsettia, which has brilliant green and red leaves. The story connected with the poinsettia is really rather touching. It is believed that a young boy walking to the church to view the nativity scene showing the birth of Christ had realized on the way that he had no present to offer the Christ child. So, he gathered up several plain green branches and unwanted weeds to give. Many jeered as he walked into the church, but he was told that as long as his gift was from his heart, the child would value it. When he set his gift next to the manger, they changed into bright red and green leafs, and thus the poinsettia, or Christmas flower, was created. </p>
<p>The Mexican kids receive presents on Christmas day. They are blindfolded while they use a stick or a bat to try and break a decorated clay pinata that dangles and swings at the end of a string. Once the pinata has been broken, the children scampler to retrieve the candy that was inside the pinata. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the Three Wise Men, the same men who went to the newborn Christ child and brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. </p>
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		<title>The Kinks &#8212; Father Christmas (better audio)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Took the old video with the bad audio quality and put the MP3 version of the song I had on there. It syncs up pretty well but it gets a little off near the end. Pretty good though overall. Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>Took the old video with the bad audio quality and put the MP3 version of the song I had on there. It syncs up pretty well but it gets a little off near the end. Pretty good though overall.<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>Trivia About &#8220;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8221; TV Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- &#8220;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8221; was the first animated TV special featuring the gang from Charles M. Schulz&#8217; &#8220;Peanuts&#8221; comic strip. - Lucy calls Charlie Brown &#8220;Charlie&#8221; in a scene right before she talks about the commercialization of Christmas. This is the only time she ever calls him by his first name only in any [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CO42J8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=cheapsoftware-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=B001CO42J8"><img src="http://santalettertemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/charlie-brown-christmas-dvd.jpg" alt="charlie brown christmas tv special dvd" align="right" ></a>- &#8220;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8221; was the first animated TV special featuring the gang from Charles M. Schulz&#8217; &#8220;Peanuts&#8221; comic strip.</p>
<p>- Lucy calls Charlie Brown &#8220;Charlie&#8221; in a scene right before she talks about the commercialization of Christmas. This is the only time she ever calls him by his first name only in any Peanuts special. In all the other specials, she always calls him by his complete name &#8211; Charlie Brown.</p>
<p>- TV execs were sure this Christmas special would be a flop. They didn&#8217;t like the music, were concerned about Linus quoting the Bible, and wanted a canned laugh track to accompany the animation.</p>
<p>- The number of hairs on Charlie Brown&#8217;s head changes throughout the special. In some scenes, he has three hairs on the back of his head, and in others he has no hair at all.</p>
<p>- The name of the <a href="http://lisa42.hubpages.com/hub/The-Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Song-Christmas-Time-is-Here">Charlie Brown Christmas song</a> that most people associate with the special is &#8220;Christmas Time is Here.&#8221; It was written by Vince Guaraldi.</p>
<p>- 50% of all TVs were tuned in to watch &#8220;A Charlie Brown Christmas&#8221; on the night it first aired in 1965.</p>
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		<title>Linus Christmas Monologue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Peanuts-A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus tells us &#8220;what Christmas is all about&#8221;.]]></description>
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<p>from Peanuts-A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus tells us &#8220;what Christmas is all about&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>A Charlie Brown Christmas &#8211; Christmas Time is Here Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click Me: www.youtube.com Please subscribe and we can GO ALL THE WAY!!!! Have A Merry Christmas and Happy New year. Happy Holidays! Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>Click Me: www.youtube.com Please subscribe and we can GO ALL THE WAY!!!! Have A Merry Christmas and Happy New year. Happy Holidays!<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>White Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sung by The Drifters. Cartoon by Joshua Held. Featuring Bill Pinkney on lead bass and Clyde McPhatter on tenor. An animated Christmas Card, and a homage to a great song, a great band, and a great Holiday. More me on: www.joshuaheld.com Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>Sung by The Drifters. Cartoon by Joshua Held. Featuring Bill Pinkney on lead bass and Clyde McPhatter on tenor. An animated Christmas Card, and a homage to a great song, a great band, and a great Holiday. More me on: www.joshuaheld.com<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>Cold Blooded Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Christmas song by comedian Jon Lajoie. www.jonlajoie.com Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>A Christmas song by comedian Jon Lajoie. www.jonlajoie.com<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>mr bean christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[mr bean a noel qui farcit sa dinde ^^ Video Rating: 4 / 5 Music video by RUN-DMC performing Christmas In Hollis. (C) 1987 Arista Records, Inc. Video Rating: 4 / 5]]></description>
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<p>mr bean a noel qui farcit sa dinde ^^<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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<p>Music video by RUN-DMC performing Christmas In Hollis. (C) 1987 Arista Records, Inc.<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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		<title>The Who- Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 03:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[footage from the 1975 film &#8220;Tommy&#8221; directed by Ken Russell. music from the 1969 album &#8220;Tommy&#8221; written by Pete Townshend. i didnt care for the music used in the film, so i overdubbed the original version of &#8220;christmas&#8221;. Video Rating: 4 / 5 i do not claim the song or pictures as my own: I [...]]]></description>
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<p>footage from the 1975 film &#8220;Tommy&#8221; directed by Ken Russell. music from the 1969 album &#8220;Tommy&#8221; written by Pete Townshend. i didnt care for the music used in the film, so i overdubbed the original version of &#8220;christmas&#8221;.<br />
<strong>Video Rating: 4 / 5</strong></p>
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<p>i do not claim the song or pictures as my own: I posted this version because I could&#8217;nt find the orginal Donny Hathaway myself. Merry Christmas, Enjoy! Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for &#8220;fair use&#8221; for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.<br />
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