Percentage of Gifts Bought Online

percentage of gifts bought online

What percentage of Christmas gifts are bought online? For me this year it was 86%. This is a totally unscientific study. The sample size is only one person. Overall, roughly $570 billion was spent on holiday retail purchases, $38.7 billion

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Best Bobblehead Ever

bumble bobblehead

I think this Bumble bobblehead (“The Abominable” from Rupolph) qualifies as the best bobblehead ever. Rudolph is my favorite Christmas special.  Aren’t we all kind of misfits? Honorable mention goes to the Grinch, Elf, and The Santa Clause.  Never got

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Home for the Holidays

beer exchange 2010

As always, great to see all the family and friends.  It was a busy, busy week. Mochi had a playdate with his new buddy Manju, but he was kind of antisocial. I got to go skiing with Chris and dad. 

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The Christmas Story in 2010

atheist billboard

A retelling of the nativity for the digital age: I like the “Avoid Romans” checkbox and the wise men shopping at Amazon! And the low-tech atheist response: a billboard in New Jersey.  Come on guys, I expect better! Merry Christmas

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The Science of Santa

Thanks Simon for sending this.  The story apparently appeared in a 1990 issue of Spy Magazine, and is originally attributed to Richard Waller. No known species of reindeer can fly.  There are, however, 300,000 species of living organisms yet to

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