Christmas Gifts
Retro Festive is awesome! They specialize in Christmas kitsch. Ever wanted that crazy leg lamp from A Christmas Story or a real Red Rider B.B. gun to match it? Me too! They have it. In fact, it comes in tons of different shapes and sizes. What’s that? Maybe you are more of a moose mug from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation kind of gal? Yep, it’s there, too. Or perhaps what’s been missing from your Christmas tree all this time are the bacon – flavoured candy canes from the “Man Cave” tab. And as if that’s not enough… they have page after page of “Ugly Christmas Sweaters!” They are terribly terrific. Oh, and by the way, I have been a very good boy this year and I would like the sweater that reads: “Happy Birthday Jesus” with a picture of Jesus in a birthday hat holding a balloon.
Find it @ retrofestive.ca.
Charity for Schools
Donors Choose is a website that helps people support K – 12 schools in the United States. And it’s beautifully designed. You go to the site and find several photos to choose from. Each represents a topic such as art, science or math, or there is even a map to search for projects running in your own neighbourhood. Click on “art,” for example, and you’ll find a list of projects that teachers and schools are working on that have to do with art. See the project, read about it and then if interested, you can contribute as little as $1 to support it. Once the project is fully funded the money is sent off and pictures of the projects are posted for all to see. Oh, and if you give $50 or more the kids in the class will send you a thank you note for your support. Add to that the fact that teachers get to post their ideas for free, and you’ve got a lot of underfunded and underpaid teachers getting what they need to do their work. I’m going to check out the school my sister works for in Nebraska. Hey, maybe she won’t have to work a second job this year to pay for supplies.
Find it @ donorschoose.org.
Video
“Shoot Christians Say” is a goofy little video. Basically, it’s a bunch of people speaking “churchese” (that language Christians use without realizing we’re the only ones who understand it). It may be more of the evangelical types who use a lot of those phrases, but still, I’ll bet you know someone who talks like this.
Website
ChurchPOP offers goofy videos, inspiring stories, interesting quizzes and much more. It’s the kind of place where you can watch a parrot say his “Mail Mary” and then read about how the Pope is selling St. Peter’s Basilica and giving the proceeds to help Nancy Pelosi (à la The Onion). It also has 29 of “Martin Luther’s Most Hilariously Over – the – Top Insults.” My favourites: “For you are an excellent person, as skillful, clever, and versed in Holy Scripture as a cow in a walnut tree or a sow on a harp.” And who could forget: “You vulgar boor, blockhead, and lout, you ass to cap all asses, screaming your heehaws.”
Find it @ churchpop.com.
