11/27/2005: A 2 A.
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.
Discussion Thread: 130 comments
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.
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mtrox @ 11/27/2005 9:46 PM EST
Hahaha, "a Mare-y Christmas." That’s the best yet. I love Christmas here.
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Katherine @ 11/27/2005 9:47 PM EST
Bah, humbug! Just kidding - hopefully the calendars will kick-start me into the holiday mood.
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Gozer @ 11/27/2005 9:48 PM EST
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.
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phunqsauce @ 11/27/2005 9:54 PM EST
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?
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Darkrane @ 11/27/2005 9:56 PM EST
this is the place to be for holiday spirit. i saw christmas tree peeps at the dollar store today
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pdac @ 11/27/2005 10:00 PM EST
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!
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Double G @ 11/27/2005 10:04 PM EST
can anyone tell me how to look at last years advent calenders
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pdac @ 11/27/2005 10:12 PM EST
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.
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Muppet Baby @ 11/27/2005 10:13 PM EST
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?
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The Manimal @ 11/27/2005 10:16 PM EST
Nothin’ says Christmas lovin’ like an Advent calender in the oven . . . er . . . blog.
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Danish @ 11/27/2005 10:24 PM EST
Dude - I am so geeked.
Advert and Advent Calanders? What the hell? What’s a blog? Who the fuck is Matt?
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dohopoki @ 11/27/2005 10:45 PM EST
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.
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The Yeti @ 11/27/2005 10:47 PM EST
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!
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sidepocket13 @ 11/27/2005 10:57 PM EST
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*
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onslaught86 @ 11/27/2005 11:09 PM EST
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.
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Invader Norbert @ 11/27/2005 11:25 PM EST
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.
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mtrox @ 11/27/2005 11:25 PM EST
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!!
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Knegative @ 11/27/2005 11:48 PM EST
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! 
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Cameron T. @ 11/28/2005 1:33 AM EST
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?
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The ORIGINAL Paul @ 11/28/2005 1:36 AM EST
Oh it will be a mare-y Christmas indeed. Time to break out the South Park Christmas CD. Mr. Garrison’s song has got to be my favorite Christmas song of all time.
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Gabbylicious @ 11/28/2005 1:57 AM EST
Yay, the Advent and Advert calendars!
The Christmas season has truly arrived.
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marioshoku @ 11/28/2005 1:59 AM EST
With ANY holiday X-E is the one-stop entertainment site!
Bravo, Matt!
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Tetsu Deinonychus @ 11/28/2005 2:07 AM EST
Chridmuss Tahm (as the cool kids like to call it… or just me and maybe two other people) is not complete without the Advent/Advert calendars. I’m not just saying that either. It should be a requirement in schools and churches to get "Mare-y" with it.
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Dr. Acula @ 11/28/2005 2:22 AM EST
Yep, I’ve been lurking for too long. I mean, I’ve posted here plenty of times before but not for a long time. So I’ll jump back on the wagon for this special time of year. One thing I remember about last year was being late to class and late to work because I was having so much fun with the calendars. True story! But it didn’t matter…I got my boss and some teachers hooked on it too!
Merry calendar time to one and all!
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Myke @ 11/28/2005 3:45 AM EST
I look forward to the calendar with great anticipation! By the way, has anyone else noticed that the bear on the coca-cola cans looks as though he is relieving himself? Just a christmas observation!
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bloodybrilliantme @ 11/28/2005 7:22 AM EST
Like many others I can’t wait for the calendar. I can’t wait, wait,wait,wait,wait,wait,wait,wait,wait,wait. . .sorry.
Also, yesterday I went to best buy ( the crappy one, with small aisles, not the nice one with the huge aisles), and I picked up Disney’s holiday classic Vol. 9, with pluto’s tree and mickey’s christmas carol. Also, for 2 for 20 I picked up, its a wonderful life and Christmas vacation.
Thanks, Matt. I just got back from the worst Thanksgiving on record, including thrilling elements such as severe illness, moving my sister into her new house despite said severe illness, having some of my sister’s furniture blow off the trailer, worrying myself even sicker over grad school and finding a new apartment and having absolutely no money and a shaky job sitution, being bitten by a dog, taking care of another dog who was, himself, pretty tore up by a third dog, and generally getting my first-ever taste of the infamous "holiday depression." Oh, and also, yesterday we got to spend an hour with the coolest snowfall I’ve ever seen, with big wet flakes. When we got home? Seventy fuggin degrees. So I was bah-humbuggin with the worst of ‘em last night.
But then this morning, I crawl grudgingly out of bed, brew the first cup of coffee I’ve had in a week (my parents switched to decaf some time ago, and don’t even keep any real stuff in their house) and fired up the computer for the first taste of Internet I’ve had in a week, and what do I find? A parade review and the intriguing framework of the new advent calendars. Blam. Syringe of holiday cheer straight to the heart, complete with decisive downward stabbing motion. So now I’ve fired up my Transiberian CD, put on my cozy green-and-red holiday socks, cranked up the AC so I can pretend it’s seasonal outside, and am making a list for my Christmas shopping foray, scheduled for later this morning.
So thank you for saving Christmas, Matt. Rock rock on. Giles.
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Jedoc @ 11/28/2005 9:23 AM EST
Decaf.
Kills.
(and it’s stupid)
Click my name for more info from the American Heart Org.
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bad karma @ 11/28/2005 9:46 AM EST
Don’t know if you’re interested, Matt, but a friend of mine has an original copy of a Muppet Christmas special from way back in the 80’s. I’m not sure to what year, but it’s loaded with all the commercials and everything. This muppet special is where all the muppets, sesame street, and fraggle rock characters get together at Fozzy’s grandmothers house. It’s pretty good stuff. I can get you a copy if you’d like.
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Josh @ 11/28/2005 9:49 AM EST
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My sentiments exactly, Yeti!
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Rosella @ 11/28/2005 9:59 AM EST
So Matt, is this the year you finally take me up on a free Kinder Chocolate Kalendar sent to your door in exchange for a review of it?
Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz
Okay that’s enough now! Why is everything today leading me back to Kinder Chocolate!?
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dohopoki @ 11/28/2005 10:12 AM EST
Who wouldn’t want a free Kinder Chocolate Kalendar?!
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Rosella @ 11/28/2005 10:56 AM EST
Holy spoodles, Kinder Kalendars are amazing
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mtrox @ 11/28/2005 11:18 AM EST
weeeeeeee here it comes again…A Mare’y Christmas is all I want!!!
Now I even love more the message that "Today on X-E: Christmas is dead, forever"…That’s such a cute statement once you see the xmas spree going on inside the blog…
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melonian @ 11/28/2005 11:22 AM EST
Just one question:
Shoot, I forgot it.
Um…yeah. Christmas rules?
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Warx @ 11/28/2005 11:25 AM EST
*uncontrollable bouncing* YAY! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I am so terribly, terribly excited to see the calendars up there. I really freakin’ need to get my damn computer fixed.
Is it bad that it’s not even December yet and I have over half my Christmas shopping done? I’ve done everything so far online this year, a first for me. I’m seriously considering doing it all online, so I can save all that mall-crawling energy for the after-Christmas sales to stock up for next year at the new apt.
The boyfriend comes up for our Christmas celebration this weekend…it’s the only weekend in Dec. he could get off work. So I totally score probably the only good presents I’ll get this year almost a month early. Woot.
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Nicole @ 11/28/2005 11:52 AM EST
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)
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Thorzul @ 11/28/2005 12:02 PM EST
I would just like to state up front that I have been a long-time X-Eer. It’s just, I’ve always avoided the blog discussions (because I thought such things were stupid). Now that I have seen the error of my ways, my wife accused me of being addicted to X-E. Matt, I can only blame you for this. Curse your awesomeness!!!
P.S. The calendars are back and all is right with the world.
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Rhino @ 11/28/2005 12:10 PM EST
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?
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phunqsauce @ 11/28/2005 12:26 PM EST
YOU ROCK DUDE
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MOM @ 11/28/2005 12:34 PM EST
i want your sex. plain and simple.
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deathcandy @ 11/28/2005 12:51 PM EST
A bit of a bright light after the bad news we got this morning. Little Brother and Wife were in the process of adopting a baby, and now, the mother decided, literally at the last minute, to keep her. But, they have a room all set up, so who knows? There might be another kid who needs parents and a grouchy old cat to look after it. Meanwhile, I’ll just drown those bad vibes in some hot chocolate. And anticipation for the calendar twins, ‘Vent and ‘Vert.
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kingklash @ 11/28/2005 12:53 PM EST
I can eat the anticipation with a spoon.
Yum.
OMG, I came across this slice of 80s heavan when I was googling T R U *alleluia choir sings* I LOVE my local TRU in Toms River. I braved Black Friday@ TRU in line @ 3am, to buy myself a Fur real friends Luv Cub at half off. I <3 this site, ive been lurking all weekend
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mandy80'S phreak @ 11/28/2005 3:25 PM EST
Ahhhh! The calendars! My claws tremble in anticipation.
(tremble tremble)
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Terror Claws Cole @ 11/28/2005 3:38 PM EST
Please tell me I’m not the only perv who flashed back to the immortal scene from Requiem for a Dream reading the blog title 
This blog bash is going to be fantastic!
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squee4242 @ 11/28/2005 3:49 PM EST
Yay! Christmas!
Whoever said it earlier (too lazy to find the post) - I have most of my Christmas shopping done too, online shopping is great. Some things I am waiting on though, since I’m away at college and want to see my friends and family in order to assess what to get them. My sister is so hard to shop for…
I went looking for the Playmobil and/or Lego Advent Calendars last weekend, couldn’t find either. Friggin’ central California, I can’t wait for my last two weeks here to be over.
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Mara @ 11/28/2005 3:51 PM EST
Can’t wait for you to start the advert/advent calendars, Matt.
I just picked up some of Shasta’s new Christmas sodas! Check out my little review on my site.
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celery @ 11/28/2005 3:58 PM EST
Hahaha! "A Mare-y Christmas"! Rad!
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Eddie Lightning Frog @ 11/28/2005 4:06 PM EST
I just went through every Christmas CD I own (believe me, quite a task) and I can’t find the version of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer I want. Can anybody tell me who performs the version that includes a very donkey-ish "eh-EH!" at the very beginning? I have to go on another Wal Mart hunt for cheap holiday music for this track.
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mtrox @ 11/28/2005 8:10 PM EST
Hey Matt?
Take Josh up on his offer. Please.
That special is amazing…and, if I’m not mistaken, chances are we’ll never see it in its original form again because of the Muppets being split between Disney, CTW, and Jim Henson.
Darn. :�(
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The ORIGINAL Paul @ 11/28/2005 8:16 PM EST
Paul–I don’t have it with commercials, but I have an MPG version of the original. Somebody more tech-savvy could probably put it onto a DVD or something.
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mtrox @ 11/28/2005 8:18 PM EST
Anyone remember the December 1986 advent calendar that your got when you bought 7-Up or Diet 7-Up, and you put a cotton ball on each day to make Santa’s beard?
Yeah, I didn’t have it, but I have the commercial.
7-Up. For that feeling of Christmas.
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Allison @ 11/28/2005 8:27 PM EST
ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY YEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot wait for the calendarQ The best time of year HAS to be X-mas at X-E!
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Galvatron @ 11/28/2005 8:35 PM EST
the ORIGINAL Paul- Yeah man, that’s right- when you buy the "Muppet Family Xmas" DVD that they have in stores, prepare to be REALLY disapointed- they have cut a lot, and you just can’t buy the original version of the special- thank god for my old VHS copy!
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Muppet Baby @ 11/28/2005 8:50 PM EST
Ooo, those question marks are so tantalizing. I can’t wait!
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Ed 3 @ 11/28/2005 9:01 PM EST
Muppet Baby
From what I heard, Disney butched the special. Shame, I was really hoping to get that dvd. I just got the Muppet’s Christmas CD and it’s prety good.
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Double G @ 11/28/2005 9:27 PM EST
X-ENTERTAINMENT CHRISTMAS FUCK YEAH \m/ (oo) \m/
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brando @ 11/28/2005 10:34 PM EST
MATT: You just hit the BIG-TIME. Your article on the Post Cereal Create-a-Villain Contest was mentioned in the newest issue of WIZARD Magazine. Letter Pages. Provides a link and everything. What’s next, a slot on a VH1 "I Love the ?" special?
Can’t wait for the Advent/Advert Calendars to start.
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JLAJRC @ 11/28/2005 10:54 PM EST
Gotta love bit-torrent. I just finished d/l 2.5g worth of cartoon christmas specials. heres what I got: A Camp Candy Christmas,
A Family Circus Christmas,
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Alvin And The Chipmunks
Back to the Future
Christmas_in_Tattertown_(Nickelodeon)
Garfield and Friends
Garfield Christmas Special
Garfield Thanksgiving
Inspector_Gadget
Life With Louie
Mad TV (2003) How Wynona Stole Christmas
MGM A Pup’s Christmas
MGM Peace On Earth
Nickelodeon’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza
The Berenstein Bears Christmas Tree
The Christmas Raccoons
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tweety - Gift Wrapped
If anyone wants something, maybe I can yousendit. Their all .avi. I’m going to look for more rare christmas shows.
My Christmas decorations are here (thank you, Mom!), and Matt has put up this year’s Advent/Advert calender. The season has truly arrived, and it’s just beautiful.
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starwenn @ 11/28/2005 11:21 PM EST
Geoff, you just satisfied a question that’s been tormenting me for ages…the titles of those Nick specials (Tattertown and Extravaganza) have been elusive for way too long. Thanks a mil!
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squee4242 @ 11/28/2005 11:35 PM EST
Oh my gosh…you guys need a little yin in your over the top Christmas yang. I think this is the year I go into full blown commercial Christmas rebellion. Will somebody please tell Lee Scott that Christmas decorations being sold in September is just plain retarted! (That’s the CEO of Wal-Mart by the way - you guys probably consider him one of the 3 Wise Men of Commercialism Christmas.) Two local radio stations two weeks ago went into all-Christmas formats. I cannot take it - as Regis would say, Christmas in America is "out of control!" Hey Yeti, why don’t you write your local congressman and see if the supreme court, when they remove "In God We Trust" from our currency could outlaw Christmas and instead opt for the term Commercial-mas. Most of America thinks like you anyway and is only in it for the Charlie Brown Christmas tree, the $89.95 portable DVD player at Kohl’s and the never ending whipping of 50 year old holiday/winter music by strange old dead white men with names like Burl and Bing.
If I never string another set of crappy, inferno-waiting-to-happen lights manufactured in a sweat shop in Xangzou it will be way too soon!!!
BAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
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the grinch @ 11/28/2005 11:41 PM EST
Hi folks. I’ve been reading X-E and combing its archives for perhaps four months, and I’ve managed never to hear of the Advent/Advert calendars. However, I think I have a pretty good idea of how things work.
My big pre-Christmas present to myself is a whole case of impossible-to-find Hershey’s Krackel bars, which I bought on the Internet. I have a passion for these bars that clearly goes beyond the level of sanity, and X-E’s inspired me to write a 3,000 word "funny" article about it that probably no one will read.
By the way, Matt, if you’re reading this, I want you to know that I love your site. I’ve spent a lot of time reading the articles and it entertains the hell out of me. My favorite is the tribute to five terrible board games, featuring the Full House Game and Tetris.
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Tim333 @ 11/28/2005 11:44 PM EST
I WISH my compy could read avi. All it gets is a "could not compress file" message whenever I try to download one.
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Invader Norbert @ 11/28/2005 11:50 PM EST
You’re right, a few years ago they were easy to find. Now it’s a very, very different story.
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Tim333 @ 11/29/2005 1:03 AM EST
I don’t know how public I would be about announcing the downloading of 2.5 gigs of copywrited material and then offering to share it…
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dohpoki @ 11/29/2005 1:29 AM EST
dohopoki: Very good point. Also, he’s putting X-E in jeopordy by talking about it in this blog. Many forums and websites are shut down for allowing such talk.
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Leonard 6 @ 11/29/2005 2:25 AM EST
YOU KICK ASS…….ROCK ON WITH YOUR BADSELF !
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MOM @ 11/29/2005 2:52 AM EST
"Please tell me I’m not the only perv who flashed back to the immortal scene from Requiem for a Dream reading the blog title"
Whew, I feel a little better about myself now.
I like the compact setup of the calendars this year. I actually think it makes it easier for us viewers as well.
I didn’t mean to cause any trouble, I was just a bit excited finding these little christmas gems. I didn’t post any links, so its not that bad.
Wee! I wonder how many Mares will pop out this year!
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Sarah @ 11/29/2005 8:06 AM EST
The only time I see Krackel is in that Hershey mix which has that, regular and dark chocolate Hershey, And Crunch.
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JLAJRC @ 11/29/2005 9:42 AM EST
mini-hershey’s Mr. Goodbar is 1000 times better than the regular size Mr. Goodbar. Go try them out if you don’t believe me, no one ever does.
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dohopoki @ 11/29/2005 9:54 AM EST
I can’t wait for the Advent and Advert Calendar to begin!!!
Woooooooooooooooooo!
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J-Dog @ 11/29/2005 9:55 AM EST
YAY!!!
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Mattman @ 11/29/2005 10:22 AM EST
OOOoooooh, an unspecified number of Mares Winningham! I’ll set the glue traps out.
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kingklash @ 11/29/2005 11:55 AM EST
Do you have DivX, Norbert? That’s what almost all of the .avi files on the Internet are encoded in, in my experience.
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Tim333 @ 11/29/2005 12:01 PM EST
squee4242: no prob helping ya out.
Invader Norbert: what kind of compy you running? you should try vlc as a media player its free.
dohopoki - i totally agree! i bought a regular sized bar once because i liked the mini so much and it certainly wasn’t the same
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bitchpants @ 11/29/2005 12:03 PM EST
It would be unconstitutional for the US government to "outlaw" a religious holiday.
Just thought I’d point that out.
I don’t care if you don’t like Christmas - don’t chastise those who do.
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jazzy @ 11/29/2005 12:04 PM EST
Tim - Krackel is near-impossible to find? Wow. It’s been a few years since I bought one but they used to be as numerous as Crunch.
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Carri @ 11/29/2005 12:53 PM EST
"Gotta love bit-torrent. I just finished d/l 2.5g worth of cartoon christmas specials. heres what I got: A Camp Candy Christmas,
A Family Circus Christmas,
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Alvin And The Chipmunks
Back to the Future
Christmas_in_Tattertown_(Nickelodeon)
Garfield and Friends
Garfield Christmas Special
Garfield Thanksgiving
Inspector_Gadget
Life With Louie
Mad TV (2003) How Wynona Stole Christmas
MGM A Pup’s Christmas
MGM Peace On Earth
Nickelodeon’s Thanksgiving Extravaganza
The Berenstein Bears Christmas Tree
The Christmas Raccoons
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tweety - Gift Wrapped
If anyone wants something, maybe I can yousendit. Their all .avi. I’m going to look for more rare christmas shows"
I would love alvin and the chipmunks and a camp candy christmas.
I don’t really know what I could trade, I have mickey’s christmas carol, I could send you that in return… I may also have The Bugs Bunny Christmas Carol on an old Hard Drive, I can take a look if you’d like.
It snowed here today. Not enough to get snowed in, but enough for me to slam my car into the curb after spinning for awhile. Now it feels very Christmassy.
Matt, you are so good to all of us who drool like idiots for your updates, Thank You!
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kb @ 11/29/2005 1:27 PM EST
One again, I cannot wait for the Ad/vent/vert calendars. Nevermind the fact that coming to this site keeps me going throught the year, this is THE best site for Christmas anywhere. I wonder if we’ll see Mista Snowman? Or Kuse?
Holy crap, I wish I had a time machine to go forward in time and see what happens!!
F’ Tiny Tim, God Bless X-e!!!
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Ok, I’m calm now….
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Galvatron @ 11/29/2005 2:26 PM EST
SuperRecoome: hit me up at my email: geoff.mang@gmail.com
Can we get an RSS feed for the blog?
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thepixelpuncher @ 11/29/2005 3:17 PM EST
Christmas… YAAAAY! I’ve been hitting the XMas music hard and am planning on taping Rudolph tomorrow night on my DVR, supposedly its going to be high definition! Remastered! W00T! Who can resist a classic like RUDOLPH!?
Hmm I do have a question: anyone out there have the Christmas songs by Pretty Maids and Gotthard? They werent on their regular CDs. :( Hrad to find B-side stuff. *sigh*
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Kittycatgirl @ 11/29/2005 6:52 PM EST
Man,this makes me get into the christmas spirit. Only 2 more days.
That would be a good idea:an RSS feed ,now that would rock XE. Lol.
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Felix @ 11/29/2005 6:54 PM EST
Can someone explain to me what an RSS feed is? I am internet retarded I know.
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kb @ 11/29/2005 7:20 PM EST
An RSS feed is a way for all updates to be downloaded to an RSS reader. I read most of the sites I read through an RSS feed. It’s a lot easier than clicking around and finding all the information you want through the sites themselves.
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mtrox @ 11/29/2005 8:42 PM EST
If I still was going to school this semester (I’m graduating college in less than 3 weeks), I would most likely have done a reading of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or "Charlie Brown Christmas." I have music for both stories, and I purchased Charlie Brown Christmas book for my friend’s baby. Grinch is easy to obtain.
I still may do a special recording of Charlie Brown Christmas (with music and added lines from the teleplay) for my friend’s son. I have recording software and a microphone and have editing skills. Sounds like a cool idea, huh?
I pre-ordered "He Man and She-Ra Christmas" for the boyfriend as a pre-Christmas gift from amazon.com two weeks ago. Did everyone pre-order theirs yet? Comes out December 6th.
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Allison @ 11/29/2005 8:53 PM EST
Yay Christmas! My mom has been busy so we haven’t had a chance to even get a lot of the Xmas stuff out yet. It’s not officially Christmas here until I dig up my old Muppets trio and my Christmas Crunch ornament!
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Mystie @ 11/29/2005 11:59 PM EST
You say potato, I say po-tah-to…you say Coree, I say Core’!! j/k!
I alway get a kick out of Feldman in The Burb’s. I also like License to Drive, featuring Uncle Phillip Banks!
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kidneyboy @ 11/30/2005 1:38 AM EST
A1A, Beach Front Avenue!
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kidneyboy @ 11/30/2005 2:11 AM EST
Rudolph is on tonite on CBS. Also, the comic strip "Get Fuzzy" is about marshmallow Peeps today.
The Wizard issue with Matt’s article mention is #171.
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JLAJRC @ 11/30/2005 8:19 AM EST
kidneyboy: So I assume that means it’s the COREy system?
Ahahahahahahahaaaaa!
God, I’m lonely.
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Jedoc @ 11/30/2005 8:49 AM EST
A very nice story about A Charlie Brown Christmas, and even better, a list of all holiday specials on TV this year! Woo hoo!
http://www.usatoday.com/life/t...-holiday-specials_x.htm?csp=34
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TimCo @ 11/30/2005 9:25 AM EST
Great find TimCo! Gotta get the DVR setup.
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Double G @ 11/30/2005 9:54 AM EST
Aw, crap. Down this way, "Rudolph the Red Knows Rain, Dear" is being pre-empted by college sports. And I don’t want to set my VCR to record it at 2:00 in the morning, when KWTV 9 will run it. Good thing I bought Ma that boxed set of Rankin-Bass specials last year. "Nobody wants a Charlie-in-the-Box!"
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kingklash @ 11/30/2005 11:49 AM EST
Because of you Matt I bought one of those Playmobile advent calendars for my own little one. Thanks for getting the Christmas started early in my home. Merry Christmas to all.
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zutto @ 11/30/2005 12:02 PM EST
wOOt!! Extended "Fresh Prince" opening tonight!! YEAH!! Gotta love love those extra verses!! Yeah it’s the first episode, so that’s cool!
sorry I’m so excited…:(
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kidneyboy @ 11/30/2005 12:03 PM EST
HEllz ya its advent time. This has become as much a part of christmas as the man in red himself
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Thejyav @ 11/30/2005 12:05 PM EST
Woo! Just a bit more than 12 hours to go! Or will it be like last year and the first part be posted later today? Only Matt knows…
I’d let you guys know what kind of Compy I have, but I’m at college right now (during a free period), that and I just plain forgot. I’ll let y’all know when I get home later
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Invader Norbert @ 11/30/2005 12:17 PM EST
some crazy fan on the Corey Haim message board, at imdb.com, wants to send Corey an XBox 360 for Christmas, that’s just fucked up…I’d send myself to Corey for Christmas, and I’m a MAN!#@
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kidneyboy @ 11/30/2005 12:43 PM EST
Corey Feldman is hotter.
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Mystie @ 11/30/2005 12:46 PM EST
The Advent/Advert calendars are rapidly becoming one of my most cherished holiday traditions. I’m looking forward to them way more than I probably should. Uh, no pressure, Mat. 
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Annie @ 11/30/2005 12:48 PM EST
TimCo, thx for the link! I’ve been scouring Google looking for a comprehensive Christmas specials list to enjoy with my kids. Trying to instill the "time-honored tradition" of a cup of hot cocoa and some great olde time classics.
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bawheel @ 11/30/2005 1:56 PM EST
When I checked the blog just now and saw all of those question marks, my heart leaped and I exclaimed how excited I was to my husband, in a sort of out-of-control voice. Kinda creeped me out.
Am I the only one giddy with anticipation for the advent calendar? Did I just use the word giddy in a sentence… on purpose?
Bring on the MARE!
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bdsghost @ 11/30/2005 2:41 PM EST
Definitely not the only one giddy…. um.. yeah. 
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Double G @ 11/30/2005 3:31 PM EST
If I called myself giddy i’d have to beat my own ass- however this will be an ass-whoopin well taken!
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Q @ 11/30/2005 4:12 PM EST
So this is the first year that I’ve actually broken down and The Boyfriend and I have gotten Christmas stuff. Ever since I’ve been on my own, I’ve just had a tiny lit tree with a single shoebox of lame ornaments. My excuse was that you put the stuff out for one month, then it sits in storage for 11! But this year I was officially hit by the bug (in no small part thanks to X-E, by the way!). But DAMN! Christmas shit is expensive! We haven’t even gotten half our stuff (including the tree!) and we’ve already spent $50. Craziness.
In other news, our local Target put the Jones soda on clearance, so if anyone wants one, let me know (not the regional stuff; just the regular one). I guess here in Orlando there was no run on such things…
I know I’m behind the times, but for Black Friday we ran out to Circuit City and got two Sirius radio thingys free-after-rebate. I’m hoping satellite radio will actually have decent music and not loads of bad commercials, bad DJs, and bad music. Anyone have it and can confirm such allegations??
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purplegirl247 @ 11/30/2005 4:38 PM EST
Count me in as giddy.
Also, purplegirl, the Sirius has lots of different stations. It all depends on what you’re into. The DJ’s are pretty inoffensive. No commercials, but they do Sirius drops and jingles fairly frequently. If you’re into Christmas, they’re doing all Christmas music on Ch. 2 and all Country Christmas music on 52. Should be able to find something you like.
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Rhino @ 11/30/2005 5:26 PM EST
Best Buy has a 2 for $20 deal on holiday movies. I picked up Christmas Vacation and Charlie Brown Christmas. They had a couple other good choices too.
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Double G @ 11/30/2005 6:42 PM EST
why am i such a misfit
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PDAC @ 11/30/2005 6:58 PM EST
purplegirl: also, Howard Stern is coming to Sirius next month! (january)
Also, the kind of Compy I have is a Dell Dimension 4100 from a few years ago, and I’m on Microsoft XP. Where do I get this player that will let me play .avi files? I’ve tried to play Seth MacFarlane’s "The Life of Larry" but I could not view it becuase it was on this kind of a file. I did found a RealMedia version of it, but it had crappy quality and froze roughly 4 minutes in.
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Invader Norbert @ 11/30/2005 7:29 PM EST
MATT-
Silly question: Did you write the bit, like an informative commercial, on Nick about farts?
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kb @ 11/30/2005 7:34 PM EST
I’m so sad–Paul Deanno is leaving CBS-3 in Philadelphia for WTVJ (NBC-6) in Miami. KYW just lost one of its best meteorologists. Not only that, but he is also extremely cute!! I met him during my internship this summer, and I have my picture with him. Needless to say, I’ll ALWAYS treasure it. He was a really nice guy too.
Anyone from the Philly area know who Paul Deanno is? I realize probably no one else is sadder than me, but he was a great guy. I’ll miss him.
Can’t you tell I’m in freakin’ mourning here?!
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Allison @ 11/30/2005 8:16 PM EST
I gotta tell you guys about my tacky cookie jar–this thing is about 45-50 years old. My grandma bought it from a Woolworth’s/5 and 10 store in Central Jersey/Union County between the late 1950s and late 1960s. It’s ceramic with cookies raised and imprinted all over it–extremely tacky…and I love it to death. Has incredible sentimental value!
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Allison @ 11/30/2005 8:27 PM EST
THEY’RE UP!! Dear God click those question marks, cuz the calendah is HERE!
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Rhino @ 11/30/2005 9:57 PM EST
THEY’RE UP!! Dear God click those question marks, cuz the calendah is HERE!
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Rhino @ 11/30/2005 9:58 PM EST
Sorry for the double (well triple, really) post, but Matt you make me near-to weep with Holiday- Nay! CHRISTMAS joy.
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Rhino @ 11/30/2005 9:59 PM EST
I don’t know if Matt or anyone else has noticed, but I saw boxes of Christmas Crunch when I went grocery shopping today.
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Astro Zombie @ 12/01/2005 4:13 AM EST
Shit! When I saw that Lego advent calendar, my first thought was "Hmm…Matt should do this like the Playmobil one."
I think it’s probably not healthy that on the job I’m thinking of what should be done on XE…
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Fangsy @ 12/02/2005 6:37 PM EST
I got the Lego Advent calendar for my 4 year old son. Now I can enjoy it twice a day: once when he opens his gift and again when I come to XE to read Matt’s treatment of it.
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Pajama Slave Dancer @ 12/02/2005 10:57 PM EST
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