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As you can see, we're gearing up for this year's Advent & Advert Calendar features. (Thanks to Brian for working on the design, even though he's a miserable Kraut and I hate hate hate him.) For those who don't know, I LOVE CHRISTMAS and intend to ostracize everyone who doesn't celebrate it by writing about it over and over and over again, or until I get drained in late December. This year, we're doing things a little bit differently. Okay, I admit it: We're doing things more simply, because I want to make sure I don't overextend myself and hit a point where you come here and find NO CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

In other words, for X-E's 2005 Christmas season, I've decided to keep everything located here, on the blorgh. The decision was pretty easy, since the holidays have become a busy and generally good time for the blog -- lots of lurkers come out of the virtual woodwork to contribute, and because of all of the many wonderful holiday-themed items I seem to pick up by the minute, there are usually more new posts during December than during any other month on the site. So, let's make this place one big ol' month-long holiday bash!

The blog will be homebase for this year's Advent and Advert Calendars, and if you don't know what those are, I guess you haven't been reading the site very long.

Posted by Matt on 11/27/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 130 comments
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The Blog is finally coming into its own.

They grow up so fast.

I am figuratively pissing myself in anticipation for the advent/advert excitement. Love the new design.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 11/27/2005 9:46 PM

Hahaha, "a Mare-y Christmas." That’s the best yet. I love Christmas here.

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 11/27/2005 9:47 PM

Bah, humbug! Just kidding – hopefully the calendars will kick-start me into the holiday mood.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 11/27/2005 9:48 PM

Chestnuts roasting, stockings hanging from the chimney with care, multi-colored lights, the smell of pine, eggnog, fruitcake. But it just wouldn’t be Christmas without X-E and the merry master himself: sir matt.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/27/2005 9:54 PM

Hey, the Christmassy background is back! I missed that ol’ thing when it went away.

I have to say the XE calendar is one of the best things about December. What’ll Mare be up to this year?

Chestnuts roasted by Darkrane @ 11/27/2005 9:56 PM

this is the place to be for holiday spirit. i saw christmas tree peeps at the dollar store today

Chestnuts roasted by pdac @ 11/27/2005 10:00 PM

Man that looks sweet!! Can’t wait for day 1. :) The X-E advent calendar is so going to help me get through the end of the year on a high note. Thanks Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 11/27/2005 10:04 PM

can anyone tell me how to look at last years advent calenders

Chestnuts roasted by pdac @ 11/27/2005 10:12 PM

Matt: I just want to let you know that the XE Advent Calendar with MAre and all her chums was the main thing that made me feel ‘Christmas-y’ while in Korea last year. It was hard to get in the spirit since I was away from all my family, friends and Xmas traditions (not to mention the fact that there was no snow!) and so I really appreciated having XE to visit while I was there. It was great to come online and celebrate Xmas with like-minded people every day of the month. Thanks Matt, for all you do.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 11/27/2005 10:13 PM

Pdac,
Not sure if this is the fastest way but you can always go to GOOGLE and type in "X-Entertainment Advent Calendar."

Muppet Baby,
Are you decorating your classroom?

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 11/27/2005 10:16 PM

Nothin’ says Christmas lovin’ like an Advent calender in the oven . . . er . . . blog.

Chestnuts roasted by Danish @ 11/27/2005 10:24 PM

Dude – I am so geeked.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 11/27/2005 10:34 PM

Advert and Advent Calanders? What the hell? What’s a blog? Who the fuck is Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/27/2005 10:45 PM

Y’know…I’m one of those people who loves EVERYTHING about Christmas except any and all religious aspects of it. I’m a person of absolutely ZERO religious faith, yet I’m totally enamored with Christmas and all of it’s superficial trappings. When it comes to Christmas, my "holy trinity" consists of Jimmy Stewart, Bing Crosby and Perry Como. I guess that I’m a "poser" from a certain point of view, but it’s so much easier and more pleasant to spend a half hour watching a Charlie Brown special on TV than it is to spend ninety minutes in church hearing about why I’m going to hell.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 11/27/2005 10:47 PM

3 days to go! i cant wait for the advent/advert calendar! I’ll admit it. I am a lurker that says something once a year!

Chestnuts roasted by sidepocket13 @ 11/27/2005 10:57 PM

Wouldn’t you know it – I just finished going through the Halloween Countdown. This year, instead of suffering the torments of actually ‘waiting’ for Halloween Countdown updates, I decided to read through ‘em all once the excitement was over. Days of X-E related fun, yaay! For someone whose country only celebrates Halloween in the tacky, surface level "Look, themed crap" way, X-E’s really helped me get a feel for it. I was absolutely disgusted when there wasn’t a single horror movie on. New Zealand television, you have let me down. And now, the best part of the year: Christmas. I’ve struggled with the Christmas spirit since I started choosing and, occasionally, buying all my own presents years back, but the Advent Calendar’s become as much a part of the tradition as poking the presents to see which relative gave you socks. Matt, I thank you kindly for passing on your holiday enthusiasm to so many others. I’ll be having me some o’ dat. *yoink*

Chestnuts roasted by onslaught86 @ 11/27/2005 11:09 PM

Yay! Xmas is upon us yet again!

I think I’ll be trying my new Jones Sodas on Wednesday…’cause i’ll have time to do it then.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/27/2005 11:25 PM

Saw a link in the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly to this page, and thought that y’all would be interested…

It’s a guide to the best in Holiday programming on TV, complete with times, this year (classic cartoons are on page 2).

Click my name to go there.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 11/27/2005 11:25 PM

I was at Best Buy at 5am on Friday. Cut half the line, as is becoming my trademark, and had to walk around the store with a huge-@$$ TV on a cart because of my lazy relatives.

Here’s the Take:

American Idiot (Import edition w/ VCD of Holiday and Blvd. of Broken Dreams. Who the hell makes VCDs anymore??)
Bullet in a Bible (for a friend)
Devil’s Rejects (for a friend)
Bowling For Soup Goes to the Movies
A Hangover You Don’t Deserve Dual Disc version
Fall Out Boy–My Heart Will Always Be the B-side to My Tongue
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Superbit version–I swear these look better than the originals.
Path of Neo Strategy Guide–Yeah, I’ve already beaten it, but it certainly helped me get those last few briefcases
PS2 Remote Control–works like a charm.

I was out of there by 7:30. I revel in being there every year. They used to run the lines through the cds and you could look at them the whole time, but being wrapped around isn’t soooo bad. And I sliced my thumb open trying to get that damn TV in my car. And the kicker? It didn’t fit, had to pick it up later.

But, I made like 15 bucks. Reward Zone people, reward zone!!

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 11/27/2005 11:48 PM

I am very excited about the impending Advent/Advert calendars. They will help make up for what I learned this Thanksgiving: My parents suggested having a more "low key" Christmas this year. Here, "low key" means "fewer presents."
It’s not the lack of presents that upsets me, it’s the implicit signal that I’m getting older (27 now, youngest sibling 22). It’s OK, though, as I really have everything I want from life already. (Sigh)

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 11/28/2005 12:02 PM

Hey matt what do you think of the mountain dew mdx commercial with the nocturnal animals? I know you’re into animals so i was just curious. Does hearing Lionel Richie hurt or help the commercial?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/28/2005 12:26 PM

YOU ROCK DUDE

Chestnuts roasted by MOM @ 11/28/2005 12:34 PM

i want your sex. plain and simple.

Chestnuts roasted by deathcandy @ 11/28/2005 12:51 PM

Looking forward to both Calendars…I hope Mare Winnigham doesn’t act like too much of a bitch this year, though I guess you can’t change what’s natural! :)

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 11/28/2005 1:33 AM

Darkrane – You missed it? It’s been gone for what, three weeks at most. :)

Looking forward to the Advent Calendars again, and I’m holding out hope that the holiday design won’t last until the summer this time around.

I should think about posting in the Saturday Night threads. They could use some new blood, eh?

Chestnuts roasted by The ORIGINAL Paul @ 11/28/2005 1:36 AM

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