X-Entertainment.com X-Entertainment.com A Proud UGO Affiliate
My dying wish is for an owl/camel hybrid, which I call camowl.
« [Main Index] »

Oh Christmas Tree, O C TREEE.

Two more updates on the Advent Calendar -- December 18th features another Santa hotline commercial (this time for Mrs. Claus!), Kid Cuisine's Christmas-themed microwave dinners, and the ongoing struggles of Mista Snowman. On Decemeber 19th, Mare hits new lows while we sidebar with K-Mart and a ton of Christmas candy.

I got some e-mails over the weekend from readers wondering if the Calendar's actually going to get done on time. Well, YES -- because if it doesn't get done on time, I know I'll never do it at all. (see: last year) I do it at my own pace because I'll hate the results if I don't, but I think we're on target. Just a few more days to go...and good lord, I still have a shitload of Christmas crap I haven't even touched upon yet. To tell you the truth, the Playmobil side didn't seem that attractive to me when I started this year's calendar, but it's really grown on me. I hope Playmobil shits out a new one next year, because I'd hate for our story to end this Christmas.

Oh, here's our Christmas Tree. We picked out a much smaller one than last year's, but I think I like it even better. It's just so trashy and messy. We inherited like forty-thousand boxes of ornaments last winter, and while it's hard to really tell from the pics, the tree is literally saturated in ornaments. You can barely see the green. Kinda sucks that we bought it so late in the month, but whatever...it's not like I'll be taking it down before February, anyway.


(click to enlarge)


(click to enlarge)

Posted by Matt on 12/22/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 60 comments

Well, the untimely death of Mista Snowman certainly killed the buzz I got from seeing the Flintstones ad a couple of days ago. I’m all for the Christmas spirit and caring for your fellow man, but I can’t say i’d be disappointed to see Mare beheaded sometime before this Advent Calender saga ends.

Chestnuts roasted by Goggles Pisano @ 12/22/2003 4:59 PM

On the 8th day of Christmas my jilted ex-lover gave to me 5 burning sores on my crotch.

Chestnuts roasted by Yankee Clipper @ 12/22/2003 5:04 PM

Holy crap, that must be the most loaded down Christmas tree I’ve ever seen. I think you have more lights on your tree than the Griswalds had on their house. Hail to the king, baby!

Chestnuts roasted by HuggyBear @ 12/22/2003 5:21 PM

If Playmobil only made the two advents, maybe next year Matt can mix’n'match to make his own all new one. Then again, that would mean we would be subjected to more Mare than any X-E poster should be exposed to.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/22/2003 5:28 PM

ahah, drinking Mista Snowman. how funny is that?

oh… but, wait… does that mean he’s not coming back? no more happy snowman?!? FOREVER? perhaps he could be resurrected as a Christmas Miracle. excuse me, as a Winter Holiday Miracle.

Chestnuts roasted by zann @ 12/22/2003 6:45 PM

Haha oh my god, that was great. It’s like that episode of South Park where Scott Tenorman sells Cartman his pubes and as payback Cartman tricks him into eating chili made from his parents. Hey Matt, have you ever tried your hand at cult leadership? I think there are enough regular posters on here to start a commune.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 12/22/2003 6:57 PM

Killer Duck, I was just saying to my friend yesterday as I was watching the Christmas Carol that when I was little I thought the he was the ghost of Christmas presents. Especially since he was the most jolly one and he has all that food. I just assumed he gave food as presents. I never saw the whole thing so I didn’t know there were ghost of past and future. I never saw what the big deal of the Christmas Carol was, it was just a ghostly Santa Claus. I guess that is all about being a kid though, your mind automatically goes to PRESENTS!! Thank you so much, I thought I was the only freak that thought that. I feel better that there are others like me!

Chestnuts roasted by Y2JB78 @ 12/22/2003 6:58 PM

Matt, do you have any tree under all those ornaments?

I’ve seen most of the candy at the small Acme where I work. It’s very basic stuff. I don’t know about the Gobstoppers or the Junior Mints, but I have seen the York Peppermint Patty snowflake and the Disney/Crunch medallions in the last 22 days. I’m a fan of peppermint patties anyway (that low-fat thing comes in handy at this time of year), so I’d have to say the snowflakes rule.

So, Miss Mare and her man has nuked Mark’s dearly beloved Mista Snowman. However, take a good look at that sleigh. What Christmas icon drives a sleigh? (And no, this is not a trick question.)

I think poor Mista Snowman may have himself a merry little Christmas after all. And where the heck are the animals?

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 12/22/2003 8:59 PM

What we need is Mysterious Boy regaining his memory and turning against Mare, or a hotter, good girl to rescue him, or both. I’m guessing the sleigh driver based on the box cover, and I hope he buries Mare in coal!

And now, a moment of silence for Mista L. Snowman.

…

…

…

We can only hope that Christmas is indeed a time for miracles. And being a Christian, I believe it is, so let’s all pray (or whatever you atheists do–and that’s a joke, son!:) that the "L" stands for Lazuras. And that I spelled Lazuras right. :)

Chestnuts roasted by ShadowWing the Technorganic Reindeer @ 12/22/2003 9:20 PM

Y2J-this is not the first time we’ve thought alike…scary. I think maybe Mista Snowman’s leftovers should be frozen into an ice puddle and then Mare falls and breaks her neck. Damn, that sounds too much like the Wonder Twins from the old Super Friends show. The girl always turned into some kind of animal and the boy could only take water forms. Then the damn moneky would have to get a bucket to carry the boy around in. Too funny.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 12/22/2003 10:05 PM

hehe…listened to the ren & stimpy christmas album last night. it is officially christmas time for me!

Listen to it every year. Great songs! Hilarious too! Hard to review since it’s audio though, so it probably wont be on the site. :(

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 12/22/2003 10:07 PM

Hahahahaha! I remember the wonder twins and the stinkin monkey too! The girl would never turn into what I wanted her to turn into though. It was always some animal that made no sense for the current situation.

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 12/22/2003 10:10 PM

Your tree looks like mine when my family actually puts an effort in getting all the oranments out of the garage. Last year we really just decorated our tree with things around the house. I put pokemon toys and my little ponies in the tree.

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 12/22/2003 11:01 PM

Heeloyd, no shit like she’d turn into a damn gorilla or an elephant and as an elephant she’d use her trunk to suck up her brother the water and squirt him at the bad guys. And the animal was always shades of purple. Thing is, it was the one things kids mimicked all the time at school. The dumbass fist punch/ring thing and, "Wonder Twins power activate!" Though my friend and I always mimicked scenes from the movie Airplane! and stayed away from the other kids a lot. You never realize how twisted your childhood actually was until you start to tell strangers about it.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 12/22/2003 11:37 PM

That South Park episode hit me too while reading the Playmobil update.

And all I can say is "Please God no!!!! Not Mista!!!"

I hope this turns out well

Chestnuts roasted by Spiffy McKracken @ 12/23/2003 12:08 PM

that tree is the coolest ever. i wanna put heaps of christmas crap on mine when i get my own house….. no one else is into the x mas spirit like me in my house. i had to actually go out and get tinsel myself.:-/

Chestnuts roasted by Rachel Cakes @ 12/23/2003 12:50 PM

NOOOOO!!!….
Man…Mista Snowman….
Where did you go wrong?…

*music starts playing*
(to the tune of "The Cheat is Not Dead" from Strong Bad Email "Caper")

Poor Mista Snowmaaaan…(uh!)
Got nuked by Satan’s daughter…(uh!)
Cooked in the microwaaaave….(uh!)
Now he’s just a bottle of water!
Drank by Mark Winninghaaaam!
But I dont’ believe he is dead!

Mista Snowman’s not deaaaad! (clap!)
Don’t think Mista Snowman is dead!
Mista Snowman’s not deaaaad!
(clap!)
Don’t think Mista Snowman is dead!
Mista Snowman’s not deaaad!
(Dead!)
Don’t think Mista Snowman is dead!
Mista Snowman’s not deaaaad!
(Dead!)
Don’t think Mista Snowman is dead!
Just the claps!
Just the claps!

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 12/23/2003 1:05 AM

Well hell, The Dragon, that’s friggin clever as hell :)
I never heard of the song or group but damned if your version didn’t bring a tear to my eye all the same…well, it actually didn’t but I still liked it :)

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 12/23/2003 2:41 AM

Hey Matt, A Little To The Left

Chestnuts roasted by Big Will @ 12/23/2003 4:56 AM

Does anybody else wonder what Playmobil would think of the countdown?

Chestnuts roasted by D @ 12/23/2003 7:43 AM

Just finished exams and I’ve been catching up on the advent calendar story. I need closure, here. I want Mista Snowman’s memory avenged with the business end of a Playmobil hockey stick.

Hey Matt, the little green house sitting near the bottom centre of your Xmas tree looks like it came from the same Christmas village set we had when I was growing up. I’m such a sucker for Christmas village sets: when I help my friends set up their Xmas decorations, they always humour me and let me do the Xmas village. My favourite set is the one that has the gun turrets. . .to take aim at Santa Clause, I guess. . .

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 12/23/2003 10:03 AM

Duck, great minds think alike! If we didn’t all think alike I don’t think so much of our lives would revolve around this damn site!

"Dah e-mail, dah e-mail, ooh ohh dah e-mail." Dragon, are you Trogdar’s long lost brother.

"I said consummate S’s!"

Chestnuts roasted by Y2JB78 @ 12/23/2003 10:15 AM

Killer Duck- about the song that The Dragon posted. It’s not an actual group but a HILarious online animated cartoon. I’m a HUGE fan. Go to: http://www.homestarrunner.com , click on Toons, then click on Features and go to Strong Bad e-mail. I’ve stayed up until 2 in the morning watching those things. It’s guaranteed hilarity. Enjoy!

Chestnuts roasted by alice1drland @ 12/23/2003 10:19 AM

As for The Dragon–you rock man. GoooOOOOO DUMPLES!

Chestnuts roasted by alice1drland @ 12/23/2003 10:20 AM

So, who do you think would win in a fight, Matt or StrongBad? Matt has the hight advantage, but SB is a fiesty one. Still, I’ll go with Matt, he would make SB tap to the devastating Cobra Comander Clutch

Chestnuts roasted by Goodolwt @ 12/23/2003 11:13 AM

Add A New Comment!


This entry was posted on Monday, December 22nd, 2003 at 8:21 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.