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Christmas is coming. With that said there is a fun count down website to the official “arrival” of Santa. The official NORAD Santa Tracker. Has a fun interactive site and video to go along with it.
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This post is taken directly from Twitip.com. I think this is hilarious and fun for those of you who Twitter.
Spread Christmas Cheer, ‘Naughty or Nice’ Twitter App
Digital creative agency Collective has unveiled their ‘Naughty or nNce’ Twitter-driven app, featuring their very own Collective Santa. Users can find out whether they’ve made it onto Santa’s Naughty or Nice List before discovering what they deserve in return.
Visitors enter their Twitter username to wake Santa from his snooze. They can then watch as Santa checks their tweets for various naughty or nice key words while he boogies to the music. Once the results are in, Santa responds by telling the user if they are naughty or nice and what they deserve this Christmas (anything from a “ruddy good talking to” to “a little donkey”).
If the user has been naughty, they’ll be encouraged to add some Christmas cheer to their tweets and try again.
Results are shared on Collective Santa’s Twitter page and can also be shared on the user’s Twitter or other social networking pages. The user can also choose to add a new naughty or nice profile picture to show all their followers.
In case your wondering, Santa says I am nice and deserve the pipes of peace. Not sure what that means but I am nice this year.
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Even though he apparently is evil and if you rearrange the letters of his name they spell Satan, I have a love for Santa Clause. There is something magical and fun about the concept of Santa. I found out the hard way as a child and we will leave that alone because we don’t know who may read this blog. I’m sure my market share of 4-8 year olds is as anticipated very large. The concept of Santa and the North pole, elves and reindeer just seems to add an element of fun. Yes I know there is a degree of lying to children around the world about the concept, but in my mind I can totally justify that or at the very least buy them off with a gift to end the pain of covering up the truth. So many great Christmas movies that involve Santa, and even more great one-liners like from the movie Elf. Found a link to a very funny site called Sketchy Santas. A funny site on the joys of meeting Santa and the “awkwardness” that comes from that.
What was your favorite Santa moment growing up?
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What kind of Christmas traditions do you have? Growing up we had several traditions, some were great and some were not so great to put it lightly. Loved Christmas Eve because we opened up all our presents, there is something about doing it at night with the tree lit that just seemed magical. We opened the small gifts from “Santa” in the morning. Christmas Eve we would have tons of desserts and finger foods and there always seemed to be so much food. On Christmas day we would have either turkey and ham and have all the fixings. On the night before Christmas Eve we would drive around looking at Christmas lights. I posted yesterday how I loved to see everything lit up and shining. Those drives were always interesting and came with their own set of issues but either way it was a tradition that I enjoyed.
How about you? When do you shop? Do you do a real tree or a fake tree? Do you have any special meals? When do you open presents? Any special story times? When does all your shopping take place? I would love to hear about your traditions and childhood Christmas memories.
