Christmas

Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You

Every kid knows the best way to get almost every item on your Christmas list is to include one outlandish, obscenely-expensive item your parents will never go for. Out of guilt, they’ll happily deliver everything else on your list. But you’re an adult now, with a job and disposable income, so why not finally treat…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 24

Your Christmas Decorations Can’t Compete With the Light-Up Millennium Falcon on This Family’s Roof

If you’re the type of person who gets caught up in decorating competitions around the holidays, be thankful you don’t live near Colby Powell and his family. Instead of inflatable Santas or a towering tree, they built a light-up Millennium Falcon on the roof of their house that measures almost 29 feet long. Make magazine…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Nov 22

Anna and the Apocalypse is the High School Christmas Zombie Musical of Your Dreams

Anna and the Apocalypse is a high school zombie musical set at Christmas. Which, obviously, sounds awesome. It sounds so awesome though, you’re probably thinking there’s no way it could love up to that expectation. But I’m happy to reveal that Anna and the Apocalypse lives up to your expectations and then some. It’s an…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 23

The Best Christmas Movie of All Time Is Being Turned Into a Must-Have Children’s Book

It’s unfortunate that Die Hard, the best Christmas movie of all time, isn’t really a film you can watch with your kids. But this year, instead of suffering through Elf once again, you can spend some quality time with your PG-rated family members by reading a new holiday children’s book based on the adventures of…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Sep 7

An Actual Working Spider-Man: Homecoming Mask You Can Buy, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of the coolest toys and merchandise we’ve seen all week. This time we’ve got an insanely nerdy Star Wars SDCC exclusive, the most affordable way to replicate Spider-Man’s new eye-moving mask, and much, much more! McFarlane Toys Stranger Things Figures We knew McFarlane Toys was making a…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski Jul 7

Disney May Have Found Its Next Santa Claus: Anna Kendrick

Disney has a long tradition of holiday movies, but its next one is going to be just a little different. It’s called Nicole, and Anna Kendrick is in talks to play a woman who takes on the role of Santa Claus. The film was written and will be directed by Marc Lawrence, best known for…

io9 Germain Lussier Jan 11

Doctor Who Superhero Special Is a Smash in the US, But Might Bomb in Britain

The latest Doctor Who Christmas special doesn’t look to have wowed audiences in the UK, but it turns out Americans love combining their Doctors with superheroes. It’s the most-watched episode in BBC America history. The latest Doctor Who Christmas special, “The Return of Doctor Mysterio,” broke the ratings records for BBC America, becoming the most-watched…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 31

The Only Comic You Should Read Today Features Santa Beating the Crap Out of Krampus

I would not be doing my job, on today of all days, if I did not tell you that you really should read the Power Man and Iron Fist Sweet Christmas Annual right this instant. This year’s latest seasonal comic from Marvel—by David F. Walker, Scott Hepburn, Matt Milla, and Clayton Cowles—is a Luke Cage/Danny Rand…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 25

Doctor Who Helps Save Wretched Holiday Song with “12 Doctors of Christmas”

Is there seriously any other holiday song that’s more infuriating enduring than “12 Days of Christmas?” It’s long, repetitive, and features the worst gift list in humanity’s existence (except the 10 lords a’leaping, I’ll gladly take those). At least this version has lots of Doctors in it. Wait…doctor who? https://gizmodo.com/the-doctor-is-back-in-a-new-trailer-for-the-doctor-who-1789911467 Doctor Puppet’s released its latest…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 24

Watch the Glittery Mirrored Alchemy of a Christmas Ornament Being Made

The wintry spirit is strong with this one. There’s a mood to the process of blowing glass that feels right in line with the season. [The music in this video certainly adds to that.] The process of carefully bathing a tube of glass in fire and blowing it into that perfect ornamental shape has a…

Sploid Rhett Jones Dec 24

The Surprising Reason Cardiac Deaths Spike Around the Holidays

Merry Christmas! Heart-related deaths spike right around the holiday season. And a happy New Year! The spike in heart deaths from the so-called Christmas Holiday Effect had been seen previously by American scientists, and has been attributed to the onset of winter for various reasons. But the new study is based on data from New…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 23

This Gingerbread Apple II Computer Is Perfectly Edible Inside and Out

If you’re looking for a quick hit of internet fame around the holidays, consider baking up some gingerbread and making anything but a house. So far we’ve seen crashed Enterprises and Death Stars, but a gingerbread Apple II computer, complete with edible circuitboards inside, easily wins Christmas this year. When it’s sitting next to an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 22

Barnes & Noble’s Cheapo Nook Came Loaded With Spyware

If you bought Barnes & Noble’s impossibly cheap Nook and love being surreptitiously beamed to China, Christmas came early. At a penny-pinching $50, the 7-inch e-reader tablet Nook thing came loaded with features: two cameras, built in wi-fi, a 7-hour battery life, and the same ADUPS spyware that infected thousands of Blu phones last month.…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 22

A Drone-Mounted Christmas Tree Is Easier to Take to the Curb After the Holidays

Sure, opting for a real Christmas tree fills your home with the wonderful smell of pine needles during the holidays. But getting its dried husk out of your home and onto the curb after New Year’s can be a logistical nightmare: unless you have the brilliant foresight to mount your Christmas tree to a drone.…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 22

The World’s Smallest Snowman is So Cute

Look at this cute little snowman! I bet he won’t even melt and make me cry like the snowman from Jack Frost does. This tiny fella is a wee three microns tall, around half the height of a red blood cell. Todd Simpson from the Western University Nanofabrication Facility in Ontario, Canada made it from…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 21

If Einstein Is Right Santa Is Even Fatter Than We Thought

There’s a controversial little interpretation of Einstein’s theory of special relativity that could affect what happens to masses moving at a really high speeds: they appear to get heavier. The effect isn’t huge until something nudges right up to the speed of light, when its mass seems to shoot up to infinity. This happens because…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 21

A Slasher Crashes an Ugly Sweater Party in Holiday Horror Short Do You See What I See?

When a high-maintenance hostess throws an ugly Christmas sweater party, the worst things that can happen are paralyzingly banal small talk and a broken glass of eggnog. That is, until a masked killer with mysterious motivations suddenly starts carving up the guests. Co-directed by Justin McConnell and Serena Whitney, Do You See What I See?…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 19

The Best Handmade Ornament Ever Celebrates the Best Christmas Movie Ever

A Christmas Story? Christmas Vacation? Scrooged? All memorable holiday films, but none of them can hold a candle, or a Zippo lighter, to the greatest Christmas movie of all time: Die Hard. Which means that by default, this handmade ornament featuring John McClane crawling through a heating duct is also the best possible way to…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

Celebrate the Holidays With a Hydraulic Press and Exploding Glitter

There’s an infinite number of ways the internet has improved our lives, but at the top of the list is the fact we all have easy access to videos of things getting crushed by a hydraulic press. And what better way is there to celebrate the holidays than by crushing a mountain of glitter and…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

Witness the Sugar Content of This Fully-Baked and Frosted Gingerbread Death Star

You don’t need to send a team of rogue warriors to steal the plans for this amazing edible Death Star, made with curved gingerbread pieces, in order to destroy it. All you need is a house full of college students home for the holidays who’ve been living off instant ramen for months. [IMGUR via Technabob]

io9 Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You

Your Christmas Decorations Can’t Compete With the Light-Up Millennium Falcon on This Family’s Roof

Anna and the Apocalypse is the High School Christmas Zombie Musical of Your Dreams

The Best Christmas Movie of All Time Is Being Turned Into a Must-Have Children’s Book

An Actual Working Spider-Man: Homecoming Mask You Can Buy, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Disney May Have Found Its Next Santa Claus: Anna Kendrick

Doctor Who Superhero Special Is a Smash in the US, But Might Bomb in Britain

The Only Comic You Should Read Today Features Santa Beating the Crap Out of Krampus

Doctor Who Helps Save Wretched Holiday Song with “12 Doctors of Christmas”

Watch the Glittery Mirrored Alchemy of a Christmas Ornament Being Made

The Surprising Reason Cardiac Deaths Spike Around the Holidays

This Gingerbread Apple II Computer Is Perfectly Edible Inside and Out

Barnes & Noble’s Cheapo Nook Came Loaded With Spyware

A Drone-Mounted Christmas Tree Is Easier to Take to the Curb After the Holidays

The World’s Smallest Snowman is So Cute

If Einstein Is Right Santa Is Even Fatter Than We Thought

A Slasher Crashes an Ugly Sweater Party in Holiday Horror Short Do You See What I See?

The Best Handmade Ornament Ever Celebrates the Best Christmas Movie Ever

Celebrate the Holidays With a Hydraulic Press and Exploding Glitter

Witness the Sugar Content of This Fully-Baked and Frosted Gingerbread Death Star

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