Category: Christmas

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas, and I hope Santa brings you what you wish for.

Decoration WIN/FAIL

Oh yes. Oh no. OMG.

[Found in here.]

Holiday Inflation

As soon as I saw it I wondered what kind of house might these folks live in. So I turned loose our crack team of webminers, and they found this:

Now it makes perfect sense.

[Images found here and here.]

Another Great Stocking Stuffer

So you’re getting your daughter a Heathkit stereo preamp for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Other, and you need some ideas for stocking stuffers. Strippers and dykes are always handy for working on electronics, but she’ll flip when she finds a My Little Pony Soldering Gun in her little Doc Martens that were hung by the chimney with care.

Consider it a safety measure, as she’ll no longer have to heat up a piece of bent coat hanger wire over the gas burner with your needle nose pliers in order to solder resistors and diodes, and she can move her projects off of the kitchen counter and into the living room next to the Christmas non-denominational holiday tree. (Don’t forget the fireproofing!)

This holiday gift-giving hint is just one more benefit to all loyal patrons of Tacky Raccoons.

Fireproof Your Christmas Tree

Get the flock out! Forget the danger of little Timmy eating lead “icicles,” this stuff allowed many immigrants to light their Christmas trees in the traditional way — with tallow candles — and without burning their houses down.

I assume that this flocking product was intended to be mixed with water and poured or painted over the boughs of den Weihnachtsbaum. Perfectly safe, as long as the faux snow wasn’t friable, and you kept little Timmy from gnawing the needles.

Ahhh. Those were the days, before they invented lead poisoning, asbestosis, DDT toxicity, alar scares, political correctness and AGW pseudo science.

[Found here, crossposted here.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Yuk-Man

Toys that feel and act like snot are always welcome in Bunk’s House. Almost as much fun as the real thing, too.

[Found here.]

Now More Than Ever, The New and Improved Cutting Edge Wave of the Future Tacky Raccoons Store is Officially Open!


This is blogwhoring at its worst, but it’s blogwhoring in the good sense of the word, and just in time for the Holidays. A simple click on either image will take you to the Official Cutting Edge Wave of the Future New and Improved Now More Than Ever Tacky Raccoons Store for almost all your clothing and caffeine container needs. After all, it’s for the children, and the awesome design is awesome.

Another great gift idea – Dolphin Laughs

Buy this for that special someone who doesn’t have a cassette player.

[Found here.]

Holiday Poop Tests

Bet you’re kicking yourself for missing another great holiday deal, aren’t you?

[Found here, crossposted here.]

Awesome Toys ‘n Stuff

Can’t tell if this is retro-packaging or they are selling new retro products, but I want all of them. Seems you can still buy them here and/or here.

[Found here.]