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Here’s a New Year’s greeting created by Emily Flake:

Comic by Emily Flake.
Thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for sending me this pic!

Comic taken from Sinfest.
Click it to see the strip on its original page.

Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

In case you missed the excellent documentary Jesus Camp on A&E last night, you can catch it in its entirety thanks to Google video in large size or below in a small (but still watchable) window below…

Wendy had a conniption fit every five minutes while watching Jesus Camp. This film does a good job of showing what Shakespeare’s aphorism “The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose” means.

Back in October, I posted an image of a Canadian Club ad whose design evoked the early 1960’s titled Your Mom Wasn’t Your Dad’s First. The ad used photos that had been Photoshopped to have that old “Kodachrome” look and featured models dressed and made up in the style of the time and featured this text:

He went out. He got two numbers in the same night. He drank cocktails, but they were whiskey cocktails. Made with Canadian Club. Served in a rocks glass. They tasted good. They were effortless. DAMN RIGHT YOUR DAD DRANK IT.

Looks like they’re running with the theme:

Click to see the ad at full size.
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

A couple of thoughts:

• Why didn’t the advertising agency for Crown Royal, my rye of choice, come up with this concept?
• Lookin’ forward to the next ads, which I hope bear titles like:
  • Your Dad Knew How to Use a Slide Rule
  • Your Dad Never Told a Girl He Had a Betty Crocker “Easy-Bake” Oven as a Kid Just to Get Some Play*
  • Your Dad Never Cried After Sex

* I actually witnessed this during my DJ shift at Clark Hall Pub at Crazy Go Nuts University. I hope it was worth it, dude.

As we approach the end of the year, you’ll see more “Top X of 2007” lists including this one, 2007 Top 8 Most Dangerous Animals…

Click to see the comic at full size.
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

Our Christmas tree ornaments, which include little dreidels.

Ours is a mixed household: the Ginger Ninja is Jewish, and I’m a Filipino Catholic. Although she’s from a tradition that doesn’t celebrate Christmas at all and I’m from what could arguably be called the culture that celebrates Christmas the most (a good chunk of the Philippines takes three weeks off — the two weeks prior to and the week after Christmas — for all the festivities and family activities), we work it out.

In the spirit of the season, three articles about Christmas from each culture. First the Jewish stuff:

• A Jewish look at Christmas: A convert appreciates it even more now — “Christmas causes problems for lots of people. Some come from troubled families; some are non-Christians. When I joined Jacob’s tribe nearly 20 years ago (translation: converted to Judaism), my relationship to Christmas changed. Unexpectedly, it got stronger.”
• Irving the Snowchicken is Coming to Town: One family’s solution to the Jewish/Christmas dilemma. Be sure to read the comments, which get a little lively.
• What Do Jews Do on Christmas? JewFAQ’s answer, which includes the greatest military/culinary mind ever, General Tso.
• Five Christmas Songs Written by Jewish Songwriters…including one written by “Mr Schorofsky” from Fame!

…and now, the Filipino stuff:

• Philippines: Longest Christmas Season in the World. A Global Voices Online entry compiling a number of Filipino bloggers’ entries on Christmas.
• Christmas in the Philippines, as described in Wikipedia.
• How to Make Your Own Parol. A parol is the traditional Filipino Christmas lantern shaped like the Star of Bethlehem.