Crikey readers weigh in with their pre-Christmas opinions.
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CHRISTMAS
Tips and rumours
ATO to go miners over dodgy transactions? … Merry Christmas Tony Abbott, here is Crikey’s reading list for you … who’s who in newsrooms of old …
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No schools crusade, kids just prefer a Christ-less Xmas
The media likes to claim Christmas is under attack in state schools. But Melbourne secondary teacher Chris Fotinopoulos found that most parents and pupils are fine with a Christ-less Christmas. Pop stars and circus routines, anyone?
READ MORETips and rumours
Xmas grinch strikes at AAP … what, no booze at mining party … did Wayne kill the Queen Mum? …
READ MORESeven go back to back, but will Dannii Minogue be there next year?
Can Dannii Minogue move to Nine next year after the network snapped up Australia’s Got Talent hours after Seven has boned it? Nine wants her — and she’s got talent.
READ MOREWho will think of the small, vulnerable creatures with Messiah complexes? Our pets
At this time of year, our thoughts turn to our own homes, which, while perhaps not filled with straw and manure, do often contain small, vulnerable creatures with Messiah complexes — our pets.
READ MOREChristmas without the tradition and religion? Welcome to Vietnam
As a Christmas hater, Tabitha Carvan thought Vietnam would be a perfect place to skip it. Except, every year, come December 1, the whole of Hanoi is instantly festooned with fairy lights, fake snow, and electric Santas playing saxophones.
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The festive season of waste?
For many of us Christmas is inherently about excess, family, presents and, importantly, food. And all of this would not be such a bad thing, if so much of it didn’t go to waste, writes Larissa Ocampo.
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How to green your dead Christmas tree
Christmas is officially over, the turkey is eaten and all the leftover ham sandwiches eaten. But what to do with the rotting Christmas tree still sitting in a bucket of water in the lounge room? Crikey intern Grace Ryan explains which councils do Christmas tree recycling.
READ MOREThe global festival of Festivus
Seinfeld’s Festivus for the rest of us, a Christmas celebration involving a pole with no decorations, an airing of grievances and feats of physical strength, is no longer just a mock holiday found only on TV screens.
READ MORERichardson: a Christmas reflection
One of the things people most welcomed with the return of the old order was the ability to celebrate Christmas again.
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Kris Kringle for the Oz pollies
The office Kris Kringle is typically a kringe-worthy affair — but if you think you’ve got it tough, spare a thought for the poor bastards at Capital Hill. But never fear, Crikey intern Alexandra Patrikios is here, armed with gift suggestions for the a few parliamentarian pressies:
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Bah humbug to the season
If there is anything that arguably demonstrates that the PR stereotype has some validity it is the festive season in general and Christmas in particular.
READ MOREDaily Proposition: plan your Christmas viewing
Nothing says Christmas like Christmas movies. Time to carefully plan your festive feature-length treats, says Matt Smith.
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A very White House Christmas
Yesterday was an important day in the White House: Michelle Obama officially unveiled this year’s “holiday” decorations, including 19 Christmas trees and a giant bow made out of pipe cleaners. Check out this behind-the-scenes look at 97 volunteers, full of Christmas spirit as they deck the halls and hang tinsel in the Oval Office.
READ MOREClassic Christmas recipes
Roast turkey with pancetta stuffing, Chrissie pud with muscat custard, honey-glazed ham and other Yuletide noms. Sure, it’s 35 degrees outside, but we can dream.
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A very Crikey Christmas Carolling
Let’s all raise our candles to sing along to our Crikey Christmas carols, including the classic hits ‘Dickheads We Have Heard On Air’ and ‘Oink To The World’, penned by Mel Campbell and Daniel Zugna.
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Send Conroy a lump of coal for Christmas
A new website called The Gift Of Censorship is promising to deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to Stephen Conroy and for every 1000 complaint letters sent to him through the site.
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How the gift card stole Christmas
Once upon a time, people gave each other actual things for Christmas, until retail stores came up with the grand idea of dressing cash up as thoughtfulness and turned it into a multi-billion dollar industry. A looks at the evolution of the gift that says “I care… just not that much.”
READ MORENerd alert: uber-geeky Christmas crafts
Lifehacker has eight dorky (but cool!) DIY projects for the holidays, including an LED Christmas card and a laser light show for your Christmas tree.
READ MOREThe Christmas card the Obamas should have sent
Slate’s Christopher Beam was pretty unimpressed with this year official Obama family holiday card, so he went to the effort of penning them a much better, far more entertaining, version.
READ MOREA Christmas Carol for Gordon Brown
On Christmas Eve, Gordon Brown is visited at Downing Street by three spirits and the spectre of Tony Blair. Bah, humbug!
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First Dog on the Moon’s nativity scene
Your very own First Dog on the Moon nativity scene!
READ MOREWhat does a genocidal regime’s holiday card look like?
The most ironic Christmas card on Earth, courtesy of the Republic of Sudan.
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