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9 votes
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Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again
17 votes -
Epic Games Holiday Sale 2021
14 votes -
Ted Lasso | The Christmas Mustache
7 votes -
RUSSKAJA - Last Christmas (2021)
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What are your favorite Christmas songs?
"It's too early for Christmas", you may be saying, but you may also be a Scrooge and I won't abide by it. Christmas is just about 2 weeks away and I'm ready to listen to some Christmas music. So...
"It's too early for Christmas", you may be saying, but you may also be a Scrooge and I won't abide by it. Christmas is just about 2 weeks away and I'm ready to listen to some Christmas music. So what are some of your favorites?
Also any non-Christmas December holiday music can be shared as well! I'm just not aware of any of the others having much music (unless you're into that Adam Sandler song).
edit: I put together a Spotify playlist of everything (so far as of Dec 13 @ 1pm EST) -- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7FY6Ngmo60so3xzy3xCTY5?si=729f98cd8da34283
edit 2: I've been adding songs as they trickle in. Last updated Dec 20
15 votes -
People are blasting Chanel's $825 Advent calendar on TikTok
6 votes -
Are we at war with Norway? – Brits mock sad gifted Trafalgar Square Christmas tree
8 votes -
ABBA – Little Things (2021)
2 votes -
We're Not Gonna Take It - Mariah Carey Christmas Special (2021)
2 votes -
DJ Cummerbund - Time Marches On (For Carol The Bell Tolls) (2021)
4 votes -
When Harry met Santa – Christmas commercial (long version) for Posten Norway
5 votes -
What gifts did you give this year?
Now that the holiday season is nearly over, I figured it is a good time to share the gifts that we gave this year. If there is a particular reason why you gave what you did, please share! Edit:...
Now that the holiday season is nearly over, I figured it is a good time to share the gifts that we gave this year. If there is a particular reason why you gave what you did, please share!
Edit: Going to plug USPS's Operation Santa. I plan to participate next year since it seems pretty direct with the giving. Found out about it way too late this year!
15 votes -
The history of Jews, Chinese food, and Christmas, explained by a rabbi
11 votes -
The Beths - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2018)
7 votes -
Irish pensioners choir dedicates moving rendition of Silent Night to trans kids and calls on elders to educate themselves
14 votes -
The biology of mistletoe: Best known as a holiday trimming, the parasitic plant is a botanical luminary in its own right
12 votes -
The satisfaction of mathematically efficient Christmas cookies
5 votes -
Stalker – Driving Home For Christmas (2020)
4 votes -
Some Good News: Holiday 2020 Special
6 votes -
Just buy your loved ones eleven feet of salami: A food-themed gift guide
6 votes -
Katzenjammer, Ben Caplan & The Trondheim Soloists - Fairytale Of New York (2012)
3 votes -
Epic Games Holiday Sale 2020 - One free game per day for fifteen days, discounts, and limitless coupons for $10 off any $15+ game
24 votes -
What books are you giving as gifts this year, and why?
'tis the season for "best of the year" / holiday shopping guides for things like books. I thought it would be interesting to sort of crowdsource Tildes' own list. What books did you buy to give as...
'tis the season for "best of the year" / holiday shopping guides for things like books.
I thought it would be interesting to sort of crowdsource Tildes' own list.
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What books did you buy to give as gifts? (I'm specifically thinking of this holiday season, but anytime recently is fair game)
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Who did you get the book for?
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Why did you think they would enjoy the book?
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In America, Christmas trees are a multibillion-dollar business. But who’s making the money?
12 votes -
Epic Games Holiday Sale 2020 is back on December 17, bringing discounts and fifteen days of free games
9 votes -
The Scottish village where the children design the Christmas lights
9 votes -
How to buy gifts that people actually want
13 votes -
Ben Caplan - O Holy Night (2020)
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Khruangbin - Christmas Time is Here (2019)
7 votes -
Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country
5 votes -
How to keep the family happy: Put up your Christmas lights, and drive around town looking at others' displays
5 votes -
Miserable Christmas Day: Typhoon Phanfone kills at least sixteen in Philippines
5 votes -
What do you want for Christmas?
It can be anything: possible/impossible, material/immaterial. I want the Ergodox EZ programmable keyboard. In my estimations, taking into account currency exchange, shipping and import taxes, it...
It can be anything: possible/impossible, material/immaterial.
I want the Ergodox EZ programmable keyboard. In my estimations, taking into account currency exchange, shipping and import taxes, it would cost R$ 2323.2 (2323.2 Brazilian Reais) to bring one home. That's 232% of our minimum wage.
So I bought some cheap games on the PSN and a 15 dollars vertical mouse instead.
19 votes -
Why Japan celebrates Christmas with KFC
15 votes -
'We thought it was a prank': Girl, six, finds China prisoner plea in Tesco charity card
14 votes -
Nanowar of Steel - Valhalleluja (ft. Angus McFife from Gloryhammer) (2019)
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"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Now with new and improved(?) lyrics
We had a discussion here last year about "Baby, It's Cold Outside", and whether the lyrics to this song encourage rape. This came after a radio station pulled the song from its playlist after...
We had a discussion here last year about "Baby, It's Cold Outside", and whether the lyrics to this song encourage rape. This came after a radio station pulled the song from its playlist after people complained it was too "rapey".
Well, John Legend has re-written this song "to remove the 'date-rape' lyrics". Here is the song and here are Legend's new lyrics.
What do you think? Did the song need to be re-written? Is this an improvement? Is this the "Christmas" song we need for a post-#metoo era?
Two asides:
This isn't really a "Christmas" song.
This isn't a Christmas song. The lyrics never mention Jesus or Christmas or Santa or Yuletide or the festive season. They don't even refer to Winter! There's just one lyric saying "it's cold outside" - and, as I mentioned in my analysis of the song last year, it's not even snowing in the movie scene where this song was first used.
This is ironic timing, considering Australia's weather.
Here in Australia, half the country is on fire and we're breaking all-time heat records - and here I am, writing about a song which says it's cold outside.
16 votes -
Epic Games Holiday Sale 2019 has started - sales, one free game per day, and $10 off on everything $14.99+
25 votes -
For Puerto Ricans, it’s not Christmas without pasteles
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Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group is now open, with a holiday event!
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live! Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis. IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if...
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live!
Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis.
IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if you do NOT intend to gift games to others! Please join if you want to receive games. Gifters love to have an eager audience to gift to!
For certain events (such as Not-So-Secret Santa) gifting is necessary for those choosing to participate, but these are always optional. Membership in the group and accepting freely given gifts requires no burden of gifting on your behalf.
ALSO IMPORTANT EDIT: Not-So-Secret Santa has a buy-in of under $5 USD. Though gifters can certainly choose to gift a more expensive game if they prefer, each participant is including at least one game on their wishlist that is less than $5 USD in order to minimize the people who are priced out of participating.
With @Deimos's permission, I have started the Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group and am beginning its first event: Not-So-Secret Santa!
In proper Tildes' fashion the group is invite-only at the moment, so if you would like to join, please reply here or PM me with a link to your Steam profile or your Steam username. I'll have to friend you to send you the invite, but you don't need to keep me on your friends' list after you've accepted it if you don't want to (I promise I won't mind!).
I envision the group being used for specific events (like Not-So-Secret Santa), random giveaways, and group-limited lotteries (using the platform Steamgifts).
40 votes -
Brussels in Christmas
Brussels is ridiculously beautiful in December. I feel so lucky to live here. There's a christmas market where lots of independents sell artisanal products of all sorts. It's incredibly cool....
Brussels is ridiculously beautiful in December. I feel so lucky to live here.
There's a christmas market where lots of independents sell artisanal products of all sorts. It's incredibly cool.
https://www.brussels.be/winter-wonders
There's a huge christmas tree in Grand Place which looks fantastic. There's also this weird multicolor lightshow nearby which you can walk and dance inside of (must be pretty crazy on psychedelics). Took this photo of it with the girlfriend earlier today.
It's late and I'm kind of too tired to elaborate too much on it, but god damn it's so cool here. I live like… five minutes walk from all this. I've been in love with Brussels all year ever since I moved here last january, and this is like a really nice wedding anniversary gift for me and this city.
8 votes -
40,000 festive shoppers to hit Swedish superstore – shoppers travel from afar to Gekås Ullared mega-mall, an institution that has its own reality TV show
4 votes -
'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay
8 votes -
The world's biggest gingerbread city is on display in Bergen, adding a dash of sugar and spice to Norway's Christmas celebrations
6 votes -
2019 Hubble Space Telescope Advent calendar
5 votes -
Environmental activist, Greta Thunberg is to appear as one of the Christmas guest editors of Radio 4's Today programme
6 votes -
Opulent Christmas tree unveiled in Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen – ten-metre high tree is covered in 3,000 crystals and costs €135,000
3 votes -
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
7 votes -
Harrods was accused of ruining the spirit of Christmas after limiting Santa visits to customers who spend over $2,500
11 votes