I’m sure Jesus had a sense of humor and could laugh at himself,
from time to time at least…

Check out this blasphemy: Chocolate Jesus for Christmas! The guy who makes them is trying to bring a religious tone back to the holiday, even!
He calls them “My Sweet Lord.” The church is not amused.

hey, at least he's white, right?

Hmmm, reminds me of Cosimo Cavallaro’s chocolate Jesus (with anatomical accuracy!). The church wasn’t so pleased about that either.

In other blasphemous news, a burning cross for your porch, just in time for the holidays! Ok, so maybe it’s not really on fire, it just looks like it is.
A good idea (?) gone terribly wrong.

the perfect Christmas symbol?

The blog post about this one (from Dispatches from the Culture Wars) is pretty funny.

I know, a burning cross isn’t considered blasphemy, just bigotry, but why isn’t it? We’re not allowed to desecrate the flag by burning it, so why is ok to burn crosses? Something to ponder.

Happy Holidays, y’all.

I just have a couple of questions:

• Why did they have 5 pounds of bacon in their fridge?

• Didn’t the husband notice the smell of cooked bacon?

• His wife ate all 5 pounds of the bacon without being noticeably ill?

For more bacon fun, check out InventorSpot’s 10 Bacon Products That Have No Bacon and the bacon iPhone case.

Of course, I know you’re not really going to buy these things because you’re celebrating Buy Nothing Day, right?

Ok, well maybe you think of it as Black Friday, but maybe you should start thinking about it as Buy Nothing Day.

According to many economists, we can’t buy our way out of this recession/depression thing we’re in, so you’re better off saving your dough and focusing on the three Rs (no, not reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic).

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle…and the greatest of these is Reduce.

The Three Rs

Local, sustainable, and/or homemade gifts, or maybe just the gifts of time and energy. Won’t those be especially appreciated?

Don’t believe the hype: consumerism isn’t the answer folks; time, love, and low-impact living (even during the holidays) are.

For more info on the whole “can’t spend our way out of this one” dilemma, check out the New Dream blog here and here.

I’m just sayin’.

P.S. Bartering is really cool, too.