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2011 Christmas Season Archive!

Relive X-Entertainment’s 2011 Christmas Season, with the list o’ links below!

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The Chia Pet Tradition Continues!
Every year, I grow a Chia Pet. This year, I upped the ante. I grew a Chia Guy. (11/8)
Holiday Pop-Tarts Extravaganza!
The only things better than these seasonal Pop-Tarts are the crazy recipes that came with them. (11/9)
The Greatest Christmas Presents Ever I!
Reliving the greatest Christmas presents of my youth, up first is a Ninja Turtle with a really rude tongue. (11/10)
The Friday Fiver: Christmas Candy!
Five Christmas candies, sold in similarly sized boxes. If you like Nerds, you will eat this post. (11/11)
The 7 Best Yetis Ever!
From Bumble to the Wampa, here are my seven favorite abominable snowmen from all walks of pop culturedom. (11/13)
Target's Holiday Milk!
This post has a few things, but Target's "Holiday Milk" -- velvet red cow juice -- gets top billing. (11/15)
Mr. Potato Head: Holiday Spud!
Mr. Potato Head is back, and this time, he's a tree. I had a lot of fun with this potato tree, as you'll soon see. (11/15)
Low Budget Stocking Stuffers!
Chattering teeth and generic wrestlers are only slightly better than coal. (11/17)
More Absurd Holiday Cocktails!
2011 continues the tradition of examining recipes for some really dated cocktails. This time, the ingredients include everything from green onion to bananas. (11/18)
Spumonster!
Born an ice cream cake, died a monster. This is the story of my friend. My friend named Spumonster. (11/19)
The Greatest Christmas Presents Ever II!
If you read this site, there's just no way you've never lost yourself in a bucket of LEGO bricks. Deny and die. (11/21)
McDonald's Holiday Chicken McNuggets!
Easily among my favorite posts of the season, watch in awe as I recreate Holiday Chicken McNuggets from 1987 -- limited edition sauces and all! (11/23)
Happy Thanksgiving!
What could have been a simple post wishing you a happy Thanksgiving turned into...something else. (11/23)
Black Friday!
Stores opened even earlier than usual for Black Friday in 2011 -- if they ever bothered to close at all. I was there, and I came home one cookie richer. (11/25)
Kemps Holiday Ice Cream!
Popsicles, shaped like snowmen and Christmas trees. Thing is, there are no popsicle sticks. (11/25)
Christmas Crackers!
The ancient tradition of discovering shitty toys inside explosive cardboard tubes lives on, and I'm here to collect my crummy paper hats. (11/26)
10 Things About A Charlie Brown Christmas!
From Lucy's coin bank to 100% metal pink trees, here are ten random facts and observations about my all-time favorite Christmas special. (11/28)
Wendy's + Toys "R" Us = Xmas!
Wendy's and Toys "R" Us team up to bring us some fast food freebies worth celebrating. It's the "Unwrap The Fun" Kids' Meal! (11/29)
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Winter Shapes!
Macaroni and cheese is so much better when it's shaped like snowflakes and candy canes. (11/29)
The Greatest Christmas Presents Ever III!
You've probably never heard of Con-Nect-Ables, but once you read this, that won't be true anymore. (11/30)
Christmas Story Crap!
From a "Chop Suey Palace" statue to chic pink bunny slippers, here's a big, sloppy post full of Christmas Story crap! (12/1)
Holiday Roe!
The story of one man's Christmas season changing for the better, all because of a cheap sushi joint. (12/2)
Tree, Meat, Cake, Gum, Birds!
This post has it all. A Christmas tree. Beef snacks. Big League Chew. You can't go wrong. Read it now. (12/3)
Blogs of Christmas Past!
X-E's archives are too big for any sane person to digest, so I've cherry-picked some of the better holiday blogs from years past, for your Christmassy convenience. (12/5)
Holiday Mallow Madness!
Kraft attacks with an amazing and awesome onslaught of holiday-themed marshmallows -- each with weirdo recipes that I couldn't resist trying. (12/6)
The Kryptonite Crazy Box!
The only thing missing from this article is Christmas. It has everything else, and I do mean everything. (12/7)
Holiday Toaster Strudel!
Toaster Strudel, now with limited edition "Holiday Green" icing. Also included: The Toaster Strudel Art Expo! (12/8)
The Greatest Christmas Presents Ever IV!
In the biggest addition to this series so far, bask in the five hundred glories of Jabba the Hutt. (12/9)
Coke's White Cans & The Snowball Blast Slurpee!
The story of Coca-Cola's controversial "white cans." More importantly, the story of the most perfectly snowy mofo Slurpee ever. (12/10)

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