A couple of fun Xmas links

[lonemagpie]

I wish I'd thought of this, as a festive companion to We Will Destroy Your Planet:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/12/war-on-christmas-north-pole-invasion

Meanwhile, yeah, people have been holding festivities to celebrate the passing of the darkest and shortest day, and the return of increasing light, for millennia before Christianity came along...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/o-come-all-ye-faithless-is-it-possible-to-celebrate-christmas-if-you-dont-believe-in-jesus-and-care-less-when-his-birthday-is-9001483.html