Chances are the holidays have driven you mostly insane by now, so Amazon has gone ahead and packaged its Christmas shopping postmortem (they sold lots of Kindles!) with some goofy facts that will appeal to the infantile mush that was once your brain. Here are some of the more charming/pertinent bits: More »
We spend the months leading up to Christmas in a frenzy of shopping, but some of us then spend the days afterwards trying to exchange unwanted gifts or get faulty presents repaired. Know your legal rights before you hit the stores and you’re much more likely to get a good outcome. Lifehacker sums up your entitlements when it comes to refunds, exchanges and warranties. More »
The line between Apple enthusiasts and religious cult obsessives is already somewhat blurry, and this is not going to help: a store in Italy which specialises in figures for nativity scenes this year expanded its range to include a rendering of Steve Jobs holding what I guess is supposed to be a MacBook Air. More »
Welcome to Shijiao. It’s a bustling town in China that just so happens to be the unofficial capital of dead and unwanted Christmas lights. According to The Atlantic, nine million kilos of old Christmas lights make it through Shijao every year. What the heck for? More »
It’s over. It’s time to take all those decorations down and store them. Unless you want to deal with another rat’s nest of cables and pile of broken decorations like you did a few weeks ago, you’ll take my advice and get organised. More »
Boxing Day is here and with it, the specials. Getting as many of them into one place would be quite the time saver, so, here are a few myself and the other editors here have spotted online. Add yours in the comments. More »
It doesn’t matter where they work, December always means one thing for graphic designers — Christmas cards. And this year Viewpoint Creative has given us a behind-the-scenes look at what really goes into their creation. More »
It’s nice to know that as humanity continues its conquest of space, Santa’s naughty or nice list still includes those serving on orbiting space stations. It’s just too bad that this might be his last delivery — ever. More »
The Santa questions start firing at you before your kids turn five. How does he speed around the world in a single night? How does he know what I want? Sure, you could deny Santa’s existence, but be ready for some tears. More »
In most Christmas card portraits, everybody in the picture seems simultaneously bored and haggard, likely because they spent the last three hours getting prepped, groomed and attentive. But why put on a facade like that? These folks have the right idea — a wired family in their natural state. More »
