The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 9

(via Culture Schlock Jukebox). “In the first [story], Superman must act when an evil scientist connects every nuclear missile on the planet to the button with which the President is about to light the White[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1974

1974 appears to be the dividing line between the recognizable and the void in my life. The earliest memory I can attach a date to is Bobby’s birthday in October, and there are memo[…]

What? AGANE!!!
Alaistair Sim version this one. Which was actually called Scrooge on release. That is the one which was specified. Which may be harsh on all these other films which would have the jump on it by virtue of being called A Christmas Carol:[…]

Come on, did you really think this would not make the list? (I tried my hardest to veto it out of contrarianism…) Does this need to be a Christmas film at all? The plot would work at any time of the year. That said, the Christmas setting does p[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 8[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1973

L-R: Me(?); Nanny, Grandpa, Mom
This time you can click on the pic to get a higher-res image, not that it’ll do much good here. Save for the Santa pic, all of the earlier pictures […]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 7[…]

B-b-but that’s not about Christmas, participants whinged. You better believe it is. As a nipper “We’re Off To See The Wizard” was more of a carol to me than “Silent Night”. Dorothy’s ruby slippers conjured up[…]

Christmas! Nudity! Pop! Dwarves! This one has it all![…]

Test Match – The Best Christmas Present Ever
Or at least, the most pleasure I ever got from an old skool (non-computer) game.
There was a Subbuteo forerunner to Test Match. In typical Subbuteo style, it came with loads of static extras; nice l[…]