Happy Holidays from UnderScoopFire!

Ten 80s Cartoon Characters Who Are Impossible to Christmas Shop For

Some 80s cartoon characters are easy to shop for at Christmas time. Skeletor? A reservation for one at Castle Grayskull’s throne room. Others, not so much.

Christmas Songs Over-Analyzed: “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

There are very few things I do well in this world. Over-Analyzing the lyrics of classic Christmas songs is not one of them, but I try.

Christmas Songs Over-Analyzed: Santa Baby

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

It’s been too long.

Power-Ranking the Characters of Bob Rivers’ “The Twelve Pains of Christmas”

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

On the eve of their 30th anniversary, a definitive power ranking of the characters in The Twelve Pains of Christmas.

Forget The Music, These Are My 7 Favorite (Pop Culture) Carols!

by Corey Chapman @chapmanrunner

This year we will celebrate and honor my favorite “Carols’ of pop culture.

Christmas Songs Over-Analyzed: Wham! “Last Christmas”

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

It’s that time again. The holiday season is upon us, and it’s time for me to over-analyze another song. So it’s two times then. Holiday and song time. Nevermind.

Instant Classics: The 10 Best Christmas Songs of Our Generation

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

There are few “modern marvels” when it comes to Christmas songs, but our generation can lay claim to SOME original classics.

Download and Print Your ‘Jelly of the Month Club’ Certificate Here

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Download and print the Jelly of the Month Club certificate here, and you can be everyone’s Frank Shirley this year!

Unbreakable: 6 Dreadful Injures Clark Griswold Should Have Suffered In ‘Christmas Vacation’

by Jason Gross @SockofFleagulls

I count at least six instances where Clark would’ve required some medical attention or even an ambulance trip to the ER.

10 Things to Think About the Next Time You Watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Thanksgiving has come and gone (at last) and we are now free to shamelessly celebrate the greatest time of year once again.

17 Things You Might Not Know About the WPIX ‘Yule Log’

by Jason Gross @SockofFleagulls

I decided to go a little deeper this year on Yule Log yore. Here are 17 things you might not know about the WPIX Yule Log (and some imitators).

A Decade Before the Mall of America Did, Children’s Television Had a Black Santa Claus, and the World Didn’t End

by Andrew Bloom

Disney did it way before Mall of America.

The 11 Weirdest Things My Kids Asked for This Christmas

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Man, we’ve raised some odd children.

Movies You’re Likely to Watch Again This Christmas

by Staff & Contributors

Five movies we love to watch every Christmas season.

The 5 Worst Christmas Songs of All Time

by Jason Gross @SockofFleagulls

Trust me, I’m only bringing these songs back from the dead to empty one final clip into their decaying bodies.

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