Mark Sinker says:
Here’s what I love about Tim Burton: the inextricable knot of his constant absolute contrary rage. He is angry at Hollywood for
i. ignoring him even as they
ii. endlessly eagerly embrace and hire him.
How can they SO TOTALLY N[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 11[…]

A close friend of mine works for a financial publishing company which employs around 100 other people, all of whom are annually involved in their Office Secret Santa. As many of the employees work in separate offices, some of them have never met, jok[…]

A minor but treasured harbinger of Christmas: the arrival of the Radio Times double issue. Comment on the Christmas schedules can wait for a Do You See post, but I still felt the same warm feeling buying a copy this lunchtime. This despite the fact t[…]

Sleigh this sexy Santa![…]

No trip to Finland is complete without a visit to Santa’s village in Lapland. It was September outside but in a tiny corner of Lapland it is Christmas all year round. The ‘village’ is a mix of log-cabin chintz and blocky granite sou[…]

Usually Christmas films have the bonhomie of the season coupled with the goodwill-to-all-men message pushed to the fore. This is the meaning of Christmas to these films and thus are more than able to hang saccharine, feel-good fairy tales on the Yule[…]

When Santas Clash!
“Some of them are believed to have overindulged in alcohol…”[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 10[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1974

One Christmas (not sure which) I received the General Electric Show ‘N Tell, a filmstrip-viewer/turntable that looked like a bright red television set. One time when I was bored, I[…]